Pokrovsk has been dubbed a "fortress" city, key for Ukraine's logistics and a long-time stronghold for Kyiv in the east.

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.

But US president Joe Biden has sent the final military package of his tenure to Ukraine ... city of Kupyansk in the northeast Ukrainian region of Kharkiv, but they have gone months without a major ...