Losing the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk won’t necessarily be the death knell for Ukraine’s defense — but it’s likely to be used as a messaging tool by both Moscow and Kyiv as they try to convince the Trump administration to stick with their respective sides.

RUSSIAN forces are pushing hard to capture Pokrovsk in the biggest battle of the Ukraine war – with more than 150,000 soldiers set to storm the fortress city. Brave Ukrainian forces continue

The battle for Pokrovsk is crucial for control of Ukraine's Donetsk region. Russian and Ukrainian forces are deeply entrenched, sometimes fighting for the same buildings.

Ukraine appears at increasing risk of losing the city of Pokrovsk, an important stronghold in eastern Ukraine where it has held off Russia for more than 18 months.

As Russia’s full-scale invasion grinds toward a fourth winter, this past week in Ukraine has been dominated by two interconnected

Russian forces appear to be on the brink of finally seizing the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, a symbolic victory that President Vladimir Putin has been pursuing for 21 months at an increasingly heavy cost.

Ukrainian troops continue to defend in the Pokrovsk direction, while the Ukrainian Armed Forces have carried out a series of successful strikes deep inside Russian territory, according to the Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi.

Russia, as it has elsewhere in Ukraine, struck evacuees with drones. This indiscriminate killing of civilians in cars and on bicycles has come to be known in Ukraine as “human safaris.” Systematic attacks on humanitarian convoys have made aid delivery impossible.