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After U.S. President Joe Biden gave the go-ahead for Ukraine to wield long-range American missiles deep inside Russia, as a Newsweek map illustrates, questions remain over just how much of a difference this will make as Moscow gains in the east and a new U.S. presidential term approaches.
Russia has been threatening Pokrovsk for more than a year. Instead of the full frontal assaults it used in earlier battles like the bloody campaign for the similarly sized city of Bakhmut, Russia's military is using a pincer movement to gradually encircle Pokrovsk and threaten Ukrainian supply lines.