Russia has been steadily gaining in Ukraine but has focused its efforts on advancing in the country's eastern Donetsk region.

Ukrainian military officials dismissed suggestions that Russian forces had breached Pokrovsk, a critical transport hub ...

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

Moscow is shaped like a large wheel, with highways, or "ring roads," circling the city and a series of smaller ... is unparalleled in all of Russia. Aside the Red Square is the small neighborhood ...

For months, the main objective of Russia’s push in Donetsk has appeared to be Pokrovsk. Since the fall of the key city of Avdiivka to the southeast in February, Russia has taken almost 400 ...