By Andrew Osborn and Felix Hoske MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) -Russian forces are advancing inside the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, destroying trapped Ukrainian military formations and repelling Ukrainian efforts to break out of encirclement,

Russian missile and drone strikes across Ukraine have killed at least five people and injured tens of others, including children, as Russian troops step up assaults around the country’s strategic eastern city of Pokrovsk.

A surveillance camera captured the moment a Russian strike hit a Kyiv resident’s apartment on Oct. 22. The strike killed two and injured 29 in the city, and several fires broke out. This latest mass attack comes amid an intensified Russian assault against Ukraine's energy facilities ahead of winter.

Donald Trump has finally decided to hit Russia with sanctions – the first package he has imposed since he came back to the White House in January.

A growing number of Russian regions are slashing the extraordinarily high signing bonuses for men signing up to fight in Ukraine. The move reflects some of the crosscurrents the Kremlin faces as it wages its all-out war,

Like the one-sided bromance it always was, the Trump-Putin relationship is officially on the rocks — for now at least — with the US president declaring the first sanctions of his administration on Russia’s two largest oil companies.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has revealed that Russia has amassed approximately 170,000 troops in the eastern Donetsk region, aiming to seize the strategic stronghold of Pokrovsk in a significant push for a battlefield victory.

Russia has launched 'final assault' on Ukraine’s strategic town of Pokrovsk, a crucial gateway to Donetsk. Moscow claims Ukrainian troops are surrendering, as the battle intensifies and Russian forces move closer to their long-stated goal - full control of the Donetsk region.