On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that Russia had taken the Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk, marking the culmination of a 20-month campaign. Ukraine denied the town had fallen, saying that its troops were still in control of the north.

Russia is piling pressure on Ukraine’s stretched front line in the east, setting up fierce battles for two cities that could bring it closer to achieving its current main military aim. Moscow’s forces are targeting the Ukrainian logistics center of ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed without evidence that Russian forces have taken control of Ukrainian cities Pokrovsk and Vovchansk.

Russia is advancing southwest of the eastern Ukrainian stronghold of Pokrovsk, a new map shows, as Ukrainian troops in the key city risk becoming surrounded by Moscow's forces. Contacted on the reported advances on Monday, Ukraine's military pointed ...

President Vladimir Putin hailed what his commanders said was Russia's full capture of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine as an important victory, but the Ukrainian military said its forces still held the northern part of the city.

Russia said on Monday that it had captured the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, in claims that Kyiv has yet to confirm or deny.

Russian forces have taken control of the town of Kurakhove in the strategically important Donetsk region following a two-month siege, according to local reports. Reports from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) indicated that Russian forces made gains ...

Russian maps show Pokrovsk under Moscow's control and Ukrainian troops encircled in neighbouring Myrnohrad. Ukrainian maps show Pokrovsk as a grey zone under no side's control and Myrnohrad as not being fully surrounded.

Russia said on Wednesday that its forces were advancing north inside Pokrovsk in a drive to take full control of the Ukrainian city, but the

Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Wednesday that Russia's recent battlefield progress in Ukraine had what he described as a positive impact on peace negotiations held with U.S. envoys in Moscow a day earlier.