{"id":296294,"date":"2025-11-16T12:05:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T12:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-ukraine-keeps-fighting-for-pokrovsk-and-what-losing-it-would-mean-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T12:05:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T12:05:03","slug":"why-ukraine-keeps-fighting-for-pokrovsk-and-what-losing-it-would-mean-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-ukraine-keeps-fighting-for-pokrovsk-and-what-losing-it-would-mean-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Ukraine keeps fighting for Pokrovsk and what losing it would mean | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/B0NKKUEN6yk\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why Ukraine keeps fighting for Pokrovsk and what losing it would mean | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B0NKKUEN6yk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>How much of Pokrovsk does Ukraine actually still control and how real is the risk of encirclement by Russian forces? 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