Russian forces bombarded Pokrovsk hromada in Donetsk Oblast on 24 October, leaving three people dead. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.

Russian forces advanced near four Ukrainian settlements in Donetsk Oblast, the DeepState monitoring group reported on Telegram early on Oct. 22.

On Thursday, Russia claimed that its forces had seized control of another settlement in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region, an area where Moscow has reported gains over recent months, including the capture of the key city of Vuhledar.