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

Russia has been steadily gaining in Ukraine but has focused its efforts on advancing in the country's eastern Donetsk region.

Russia is advancing southwest of the eastern Ukrainian stronghold of Pokrovsk, a new map shows ... city of Pavlohrad. The highway then links to Dnipro, one of Ukraine's major cities.