'The enemy is preparing, transferring forces and equipment, and accumulating resources,' said Alexander Khodakovsky, of the pro-Russian Vostok Battalion.
Alexander Khodakovsky, a Kremlin-backed commander and former political leader in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic in eastern Ukraine, suggested Monday that the Ukrainians' successful counteroffensive in Kharkiv last week has left Russia's troops unable to advance.
In the city of Kurakhove in the eastern Donetsk region, Ukraine is regularly unloading trains with equipment and personnel, he said, adding that the Pokrovsk area"is almost not far behind in this regard."
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