The North Pontic region, which encompasses present-day Ukraine, was for centuries a crossroads of migration from multiple ...

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

Russian forces have destroyed Ukraine's defenses in parts of the Donetsk oblast, it has been reported, as a map shows the state of play along the frontline. Russia has been increasing its gains ...

Russian forces are advancing in the east, slowly but surely, and they are shrinking Ukraine’s partial hold of the border ...