It is trying to capture the rest of the region, known as the Donbas, according to US-based analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), but the front line has barely moved for two years.

Russia has advanced around Pokrovsk for many months, but has so far failed to entirely encircle or seize control of the city.

Russia's invasion force is expected to suffer more than 1 million casualties by the summer as a result of the Ukraine war, with around 250,000 troops already confirmed dead, according to a new study.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has displaced approximately 36,500 graduating high school students—16% of the country's 2022 ...

“No Soviet or Russian war since World War II has even come close to Ukraine in terms of fatality rate,” the study said. The Soviet Union lost an estimated 8.7 million troops in World War II.