Russian pockets found and erased. The 91st Separate Battalion, in cooperation with the Ukrainian Air Force Command, destroyed a shelter with the occupiers with scarce guided aviation bombs on the Pokrovsk direction.

Ukraine’s domestic production of guided aerial bombs is in the early stages of development. The Ukrainian Air Force currently uses Western-made weapons: GBU-39, GBU-62 of various calibers.

How the 91st detects and calls in aviation strikes on Russians 

On the monitors of the battalion’s command center, they detected several Russian positions with concentrations of occupiers.

“The unit alone cannot completely eliminate them — guided aerial bombs are needed,” the 91st battalion explained.

The battalion command decided to develop the operation in close coordination with aviation. In the released footage, you can see how the aviation bombs, also known as KABs, hit the target within minutes.

“The shelter with personnel was eliminated. Short. Precise. Effective,” the battalion reported.

Hundreds of KABs and FPV attacks on the city, where 1000 people remain

Meanwhile, Artem Prybilnov, head of communications for the Ukrainian 155th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after Anna of Kyiv, told Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty that Russia increased KAB strikes on the Pokrovsk agglomeration to a record number in recent days.

For several days, there were hundreds of KABs per day.

Prybilnov noted that when Ukrainian positions are detected, the Russians strike them with 15 FPV drones and "always drop guided aerial bombs." They also use artillery and mortars.

He also said that Ukrainian fighters in Pokrovsk “are not retreating; we are moving to reserve positions because the defensive lines were completely destroyed and are not recoverable.”

As of 7 November, Ukrainian defenders repelled 58 Russian assaults in Pokrovsk, according to the Ukrainian General Staff. 

Nearly 1,200 civilians remain in the city. Evacuation from the community is practically impossible due to the security situation, reports Dmytro Petlin, head of the duty operations, communications, alert, and public information department of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration’s Civil Protection, according to a Ukrinform.

The Russians are killing all civilians in their path, and orders to do so have been intercepted from several sources.

Assault groups, disguises, and flags

Ukrainian press officer of the 425th Separate Assault Regiment “Skelia” with the callsign “Pysmennyk” or "Writer" says that the Russians are moving across Pokrovsk constantly, sometimes dressed as civilians, per Armiia TV.

No such group recently raised a Russian flag on the Pokrovsk City Council building. After verifying this information, it was decided to restore the Ukrainian flag. Assault groups were formed to carry out this task.