Ukrainian long-range drones attacked an industrial plant around 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) inside Russia, local officials said Tuesday, while Ukraine’s army remained locked in an intense battle to hold back a Russian push on the key city of Pokrovsk in the eastern Donetsk region.

THIS is the moment Ukraine’s special forces launched a daring air assault from a helicopter in a desperate bid to slow Russia’s advance through the fortress town of Pokrovsk.

Russian air strikes hit Ukrainian civilian sites, Ukrainian officials said on November 3, killing several people and seriously damaging residential buildings while Moscow said it carried out massive attacks as its troops continue to make advances in the key city of Pokrovsk.

Comes as Ukrainian army chief says troops battling 'multi-thousand' enemy forces in key frontline town of Pokrovsk

Today, Ukrainian military officials briefed President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the situation at the front, with a focus on the Pokrovsk direction. "There are results in destroying the enemy. I want to specially commend the units of the 79th Separate Air Assault Brigade,

By Ben Aris in Berlin The battle for Pokrovsk became intense on November 1. In the first part of the day it looked like the fall of the key logistics hub to Russia that could end the war was imminent.

Ukrainian special forces have launched a counter-offensive in Pokrovsk, using US-made Black Hawk helicopters. The goal of the operation was to reopen supply lines in the besieged city, which has held out for more than a year against a Russian offensive but now appears on the brink of capture.