Ukrainian forces fighting around Velyka Novosilka claim its Russian takeover will amount to nothing more than a flag-raising ...

a new map shows, as Ukrainian troops in the key city risk becoming surrounded by Moscow's forces. Contacted on the reported advances on Monday, Ukraine's military pointed Newsweek to its publicly ...

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

Newsweek's map also shows Russian advances near Kurakhove, Vuhledar and Velyka Novosilka. Viktor Trehubov, spokesperson for Ukraine's Khortytsia groups said: "The city is effectively holding on." ...

Russian forces are slowly tightening the noose around the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, a key logistical hub whose main ...