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

Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology.

It is also a key route linking towns further east to the rest of unoccupied Ukraine. It is the second ... situation on the battlefield in Donetsk Oblast, to advance narratives that Russian ...