Ukrainian forces fighting around Velyka Novosilka claim its Russian takeover will amount to nothing more than a flag-raising ...

The belt includes Kostyantynivka, Druzhkivka and Kramatorsk. Kostiantynivka is a city in Donetsk Oblast, in eastern Ukraine. It is located on the Kryvyi Torets river, and, during the Soviet era ...

Moscow's forces have captured Velyka Novosilka in the Donetsk region and about to gain Toretsk, according to reports.

with a map showing the current state of play in Ukraine's Donetsk oblast. Following months of fierce fighting that have seen huge Russian losses, Ukraine announced that it had retreated from Avdiivka.

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