Where Putin’s forces are making gains in eastern Ukraine - Ukrainian forces fighting around Velyka Novosilka claim its ...

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 ...