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

"In the Seversk direction, the military command of Ukrainian armed formations is trying to avoid the encirclement of its units. After our forces advanced successfully in the area of Ivano-Daryevka ...

"I don’t know whether our military has already announced it or not, but there are two areas in the Kupyansk direction where Kiev troops are blocked. One area is practically in an encirclement.

Russia on Sunday claimed its troops had captured a strategically important town in eastern Ukraine as part of a grinding campaign to weaken Kyiv's grip on the country's industrial heartland.

Overnight missile and drone strikes on the front-line city of Zaporizhzhya in south-eastern Ukraine, have resulted in at least one fatality, with 25 people injured, local authorities said on Thursday ...