Russia has been threatening Pokrovsk for more than a year. Instead of the full frontal assaults it used in earlier battles like the bloody campaign for the similarly sized city of Bakhmut, Russia's military is using a pincer movement to gradually encircle Pokrovsk and threaten Ukrainian supply lines.

During an Oval Office meeting this afternoon, President Trump showed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a map of Ukraine, titled “Russia-Ukraine Conflict Map,” indicating what percent of territory is under Russian control or contested land.

Donald Trump is reportedly ‘sick’ of being presented with maps of Ukraine’s battlefronts. The problem may be he and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy are looking at different things.

Oleksandr Syrskyi says special forces have been deployed but denies Russian reports Ukrainian troops are surrounded in Pokrovsk.

Moscow’s forces infiltrated Pokrovsk after months of attacks on the city, a strategic part of Ukraine’s eastern defenses.

Putin directs cabinet to create a roadmap for rare earth minerals extraction and improve transport links with China and North Korea.

Kyiv says it is preparing to carry out more long-range strikes on Russian energy infrastructure as winter approaches