Russian forces do not have full control over the Pokrovsk-Kostiantynivka highway in the Donetsk region. Fighting in the area ...

Animated map showing the changes in Russian territorial control (in orange) near Pokrovsk, in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, from August 1, 2024 to, 2025. This control can be partial or claimed VIDEOGRA ...

Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed on Friday that its forces had captured the coal mining town of Toretsk in their latest ...

Several soldiers deployed in the east of the country, where the most intense fighting is taking place to contain the Russian ...

About half of Russian assaults across a 1,000km- (620-mile-) front have focused on the town of Pokrovsk, in Ukraine’s east, throughout the past week. The town is considered to be a gateway to ...

Russia's army is around six kilometres (four miles) from the centre of Pokrovsk, a formerly thriving mining hub on top of Ukraine's largest coal reserves. The capture of the city and surrounding ...

Fighting desperately to cling on to coal mines that were once the lifeblood of its industrial east, Ukraine's soldiers conceded they were struggling against intensifying Russian attacks.

Russian forces have been steadily advancing in eastern Ukraine for months in an attack that has centred on the city of Pokrovsk, a linchpin of the wider Donetsk region’s defence. Ukraine’s ...

There have been 77 Russian attacks on the Pokrovsk front, and 12 battles are still ongoing. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 22:00 on 27 January ...