10/17/2025 — Frontline report: Russia unleashes toxic ammonia cloud but fails to save trapped forces near Pokrovsk

Blowing up critical infrastructure to poison the battlefield represented an unprecedented act of desperation, yet the gas only blocked ground reinforcements while drone operators remained unaffected and decimated the relief column.

From: Euromaiden Press BY REPORTING FROM UKRAINE

A screenshot from the RFU News – Reporting from Ukraine YouTube video.

Today, there is important news from the Pokrovsk direction, Donetsk Oblast.

Here, the Russians have just launched one of their largest and most disastrous assaults of the war, a desperate attempt to punch through Ukrainian lines and relieve their encircled forces. Their idea to catch the Ukrainians off guard failed, as Ukrainian units coordinated quickly to counter the threat.

Geolocated footage from Ukrainian drones shows how they detected the first Russian motorcycle groups speeding toward Volodymyrivka and immediately unleashed their FPV drones. Geolocated footage shows the drones diving on the riders as they tried to zigzag across the muddy road. Some lost control, skidded into ditches, and were blown apart seconds later. 

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