New Delhi, Nov. 4 -- Strategic gains in logistics hubs and relentless refinery strikes mark a pivotal phase in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

In a grinding, attritional campaign that has stretched into its fourth year, the battered streets and ruined industrial blocks of Pokrovsk have become the latest proving ground in a war whose shape continues to be written in looted factories, smouldering refineries, and the brittle certainty of official statements. On Monday, Moscow's defence ministry publicly declared that its forces had made ground inside the city, saying soldiers had occupied multiple blocks and dug in near the railway and industrial areas. Kyiv's commanders answered with defiant denials, acknowledging heavy pressure while insisti...