Where Putin’s forces are making gains in eastern Ukraine - Ukrainian forces fighting around Velyka Novosilka claim its Russian takeover will amount to nothing more than a flag-raising exercise ...

Ukrainian authorities confirmed that Russian forces had made gains surrounding Kurakhove, with the Khortytsia Group of Forces reporting that Ukraine had lost control of several positions in the ...

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian troops in eastern Ukraine have captured the stronghold of Kurakhove after a monthslong battle, Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed Monday, adding the wrecked town to the ...

It is also a key route linking towns further east to the rest of unoccupied Ukraine. It is the second ... this month after Moscow claimed control of Kurakhove roughly 20 miles to the northeast.