A city with a pre-war population of 60,000, Pokrovsk is located west of Avdiivka which fell to Russian forces in February 2024 and is a critical hub in Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast.

Russia has launched one of its largest aerial assaults on Ukraine in months, targeting Kyiv overnight into Monday.

The barrage of exploding drones and missiles appeared to be the most intense attack since President Trump announced a plan to get more weapons for Kyiv.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is stalling over a ceasefire. Meanwhile, Trump has changed his mind about sending weapons to Ukraine.

Russia now controls more than two-thirds of Ukraine’s Donetsk region — the main theater of the ground war. Russian forces have carved out a 10-mile-deep pocket around the Ukrainian troops defending the crucial city of Kostiantynivka, partly surrounding them from the east, south and west.

RUSSIA and Ukraine will hold peace talks in Istanbul tomorrow following Donald Trump’s stern warning to warmonger Vladimir Putin. Any hopes for a breakthrough continue to appear bleak as

Kremlin downplays expectations for Istanbul talks as Ukraine says 10-year-old killed in Russian attack on Kramatorsk.