At present, the six cities with the most intense fighting on the Ukrainian battlefield are: Red Army City, Konstantinovka, Kupjansk, Redlemann, Seversky, and Volchansk. Through the recent 48-hour war press survey, Red Army City (Pokrovsk) may have been the first city to be seized. 24 hours ago, the Russian army made a breakthrough in the northern district of Red Army City, with at least 1,000 Russian assailants attacking in depth north of the railway. They used underground pipelines and streets to carry out mobilized raids, and were strongly supported by Russian air bombers and artillery fires.
In Dmitrov, adjacent to the Red Army, the Russian army launched a massive assault from both New Shakhov and Moscowskye, respectively, on the western district of Dmitrov (central mine district) and the eastern district of the city (5/6 mine district). Due to the inability to withstand the Russian army's fire strike and the logistical guarantee was cut, the Ukrainian forces defending Dmitrov despite the military's "death guard" orders, the grassroots military commanders claimed to withdraw to the southwest. The Russian army, because it was rarely subjected to organized resistance, so the assault and clearance in the district of Dmitrov was rapid.
More importantly, on the evening of October 25, the Russian army achieved a key victory that determined the victory in the Battle of the Red Army City. It was to seize the town of Roginsky in the north of the "City of the Red Army-Dimitrov Enclosure" and cut off the last strategic route of the Red Army City-Dimitrov to the outside. It was precisely because of this that the Russian army completed the mission of complete enclosure of the "City of the Red Army-Dimitrov". The Chief of Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, General Glazimov, declared at the military conference on 26 that the Russian Central Army District had completed the enclosure of the 31 camp troops of the Russian Army in the "City of the Red Army and Dimitrov" region.
On the same day, the Russian president confirmed the news of the Russian military. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that about 5,000 Ukrainian troops were surrounded in the direction of Kupyansk and about 5,500 Ukrainian troops were surrounded in the direction of Red Army City. In addition, the Russian Armed Forces Command issued an ultimatum to the Ukrainian Armed Forces stationed in Pokrovsk (Red Army City) and Dimitrov: requiring them to withdraw from the encirclement before October 27 (Monday). If they refuse to evacuate, all the surrounded Ukrainian armed forces will be wiped out. This means that the Russian army can still let the besieged Ukrainian army live before the 27th.
The question is whether the more than 5,000 Ukrainian troops defended by 31 battalions in the Red Army City and Dimitrov City are willing to believe the Russian army's ultimatum. Because after the fall of Roginsik, the Ukrainian army in the encirclement of the Red Army City wanted to retreat again and could only retreat from the wilderness covered with mines and bombed by FPV drones at any time. Such a retreat is tantamount to a suicide breakout. Russian media reported that the Russian army's clean-up of the encirclement of "Red Army City-Dimitrov" has entered the final stage.