Moscow's forces have captured Velyka Novosilka in the Donetsk region and about to gain Toretsk, according to reports.
Russia has been steadily gaining in Ukraine but has focused its efforts on advancing in the country's eastern Donetsk region.
Pokrovsk has been dubbed a "fortress" city, key for Ukraine's logistics and a long-time stronghold for Kyiv in the east.
The Russian missiles sought out targets from the Lviv region in western Ukraine near Poland to Kharkiv in northeast Ukraine ...
Russia has lost about twice as many men to death and serious injury as Ukraine. But the trends favor the Kremlin.