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

John joined Newsweek in 2020 after reporting in Central Europe and the United Kingdom ... key parts of the front line snaking through eastern Ukraine, according to Western analysts and Russian ...

This page is updated with the latest maps ... s war in Ukraine. Russian forces are heading towards Ukraine’s Dnipro region, bypassing an anticipated heavy urban battle in the eastern Donetsk ...

It is also a key route linking towns further east to the rest of unoccupied Ukraine. It is the second ... capture of Velyka Novosilka may prove more political than strategic.

It is also a key route linking towns further east to the rest of unoccupied Ukraine. It is the second significant town in Donetsk to fall to the Russians this month after Moscow claimed control of ...