Russia said Sunday that its forces had captured the eastern Ukrainian village of Orikhovo-Vasylivka, near the strategic ...

Moscow said on Friday that its forces had seized a handful of settlements in Donetsk since the start of the month.

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia on Friday claimed it had captured another village in its relentless offensive in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region and as it closes in on the critical Ukrainian logistics ...

Russia has been trying to capture Pokrovsk -- a mining town that was home to some 60,000 people before Moscow launched its offensive. It has been claiming east Ukrainian villages for months.

The village lies in the east of the Kharkiv region ... Russia has almost daily claimed the capture of east Ukrainian villages. Moscow’s offensive has dragged on for three years this month.

The probe-then-assault tactic, led by infantry but enabled by fast-moving vehicles, was refined by the Russian armed forces ...

An east Ukrainian crime boss and separatist wanted by Kyiv was killed with one other person in a blast at a luxury residential complex in Moscow on Monday, Russian media reported. Armen Sarkisian ...