Russia has claimed that its soldiers have entered the strategically important eastern Ukrainian town of Velyka Novosilka - ...

Russia’s Defense Ministry claims that Russian troops have fought their way into the center of a strategically important ...

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.

Currently, Russian forces are advancing in the east, slowly but surely, and they are shrinking Ukraine’s partial hold of the border region of Kursk. That the Russians haven’t been more ...

At this point they already occupied much of the territory of eastern Ukraine. By 10 May, Russian forces had advanced at Izyum as they sought to encircle Ukrainian forces in the area from the north ...

Armed conflict in eastern Ukraine erupted in early 2014 following Russia’s annexation of Crimea. The previous year, protests in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, against Ukrainian President Viktor ...

And if you're unsure about the geography of the region - this map illustrates where Russian troops have advanced so far. The new Russian offensive in the east led to a swift response from Ukraine ...

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 ...