Russia has been steadily gaining in Ukraine but has focused its efforts on advancing in the country's eastern Donetsk region.
Pokrovsk has been dubbed a "fortress" city, key for Ukraine's logistics and a long-time stronghold for Kyiv in the east.
Ukraine's so-called "fortress belt" is reportedly under threat as Russia seeks to advance. Vladimir Putin's forces are ...
Russian forces are advancing in the east, slowly but surely, and they are shrinking Ukraine’s partial hold of the border region of Kursk ...
The gains, while insignificant in terms of size, show Russia’s tightening grip on Ukraine’s Donetsk region.
Russian troops are going around the vital logistics hub of Pokrovsk, where a steadfast Ukrainian defense has kept them at bay ...
Faced with troop shortages and steady Russian advances along the front line in the east of Ukraine, Kyiv's forces have become ...
The final map shows Ukraine's progress in the Kursk region ... The attacks on energy infrastructure and Ukrainian cities have caused power cuts across the country (see 9.47am post).
This page is updated with the latest maps and ... invasion of Ukraine in May 2023, after his forces captured Bakhmut following a gruelling nine-month battle that reduced the city to ruins.