Russian forces are amassing forces in Novooleonivka, Donetsk Oblast, and are preparing to attack Novoielyzavetivka. Source: DeepState Quote: "The katsaps [a derogatory term for Russians used in Ukraine – ed.

Donetsk is one of four regions of Ukraine that Russian President Vladimir Putin annexed when the invasion first escalated in 2022, making it one of the key battlegrounds for the war.

Russian forces are advancing in Ukraine's east using the tactic of infiltration in small groups, pushing Ukrainian troops out metre by metre. Source: Taras Chmut, the head of the Come Back Alive foundation,

The year 2024 was brutal for Ukraine. Last winter saw the fall of Avdiivka when, after several months of brutal fighting, the Russian army captured the city leveled to the ground. Ukraine struggled to hold the front line with limited resources as political infighting in the U.

Christmas in Pokrovsk was eerie. A transportation hub in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast, Pokrovsk had 60,000 residents before Russia widened its war on Ukraine in February 2022. Now very few people remain who aren’t wearing Ukrainian army uniforms.

Ukraine is facing an array of issues heading into 2025, underscored by anxiety about what the re-election of Donald Trump could mean for the country’s future. Tom Watling speaks to politicians, milita

The city of Pokrovsk, a vital delivery and distribution hub for Ukraine's forces across a wide part of the front line, is in danger of being encircled.

North Korean troops are suffering heavy losses in the fighting in Russia's Kursk region and also have supply issues including shortages of drinking water.

Russia could soon capture the key southern Donetsk logistics hub of Pokrovsk, which would cap a year of material territorial gains in Ukraine.

Russia claimed on Wednesday that it took control of two more settlements in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region.

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