The scene looks almost post-apocalyptic. A convoy of Russian soldiers emerging from thick fog and moving towards the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk. Some of the troops are riding motorcycles and mopeds; others are seen standing up on the back of a dilapidated pickup truck. One group is riding a vehicle equipped with a strange cage-like contraption.
As bizarre as it seems, the short video clip, which was posted on social media and geolocated by CNN to just a few miles outside Pokrovsk, offers a glimpse of the shifting ways Russia is fighting its war in Ukraine.
If Pokrovsk falls to Russian forces, as now looks increasingly likely, it will be the largest city seized by Moscow since the capture of…
