MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) -Russian forces are closing in on the strategically important eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk after capturing a string of villages to its south, and Ukraine has halted ...

Russia has been advancing southwest of Pokrovsk, a Ukrainian stronghold, rather than attacking the city directly.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine faced 166 combat clashes with the Russian forces on the line of contact over the past day, with ...

The Russians are planning to cut off land supply routes to Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad in Donetsk Oblast to force Ukrainian troops ...

Russia claims to occupy 2 more villages in Ukraine's east; Kyiv hasn't confirmed Ukraine's special forces claim to repel ...

With the prospect of peace negotiations more likely in 2025, Ukrainian and Russian forces are racing to capture as much ...

Pokrovsk has been dubbed a "fortress" city, key for Ukraine's logistics and a long-time stronghold for Kyiv in the east.

A Ukrainian official says Russian forces are bypassing a key stronghold in eastern Ukraine that they have fought for months ...

Russia said Monday it captured an east Ukrainian mining village south of Pokrovsk, home to one of Ukraine's most important coal mines and where Russian troops have reached the outskirts.

Ukraine has stopped production at its coking coal mine in Pokrovsk, which feeds the country's steel industry, because of the ...

On December 30, 168 combat clashes took place on the front, the hottest axis was the Pokrovsk axis, where 40 clashes took place during the day, the enemy also actively attacked on the Lyman (22) and ...

A Ukrainian Leopard 2 tank rolls toward Pokrovsk. Christmas in Pokrovsk was eerie. A transportation hub in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast, Pokrovsk had 60,000 residents before Russia widened ...