The city would be the largest to fall since Russia’s capture of Bakhmut, northeast of Pokrovsk, in May 2023 after a brutal nine-months-long siege. Like in Bakhmut, Russia has thrown endless infantry into costly and slow advances, with its commanders willing to take on huge casualties for incremental gains, often as little as a bunker or a treeline.

A Ukrainian mine explosion killed one person in the village of Bahatyr in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian region of Donetsk, Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador-at-Large Rodion Miroshnik said, while persistent Ukrainian drone attacks have forced people to flee the area, Russia’s state TASS news agency reports.

Ukraine pushes to save Pokrovsk: Kyiv rushed elite combat formations to defend Pokrovsk as the embattled city nears collapse. Battlefield assessment: Ukrainian defenses around Kupiansk also faced growing pressure, with Russian forces conducting overwhelming drone warfare operations and infiltrating the city.

Purported videos posted on social media appear to show a large explosion and subsequent fire emanating from the Starobesheve power plant in the occupied community of Novyi Svit in Donetsk Oblast, following a projectile strike on the target.

The country will introduce fixed-term military contracts to try to attract recruits and ease the strain on soldiers after years of fighting.

The European Union should move military trainers into Ukraine after the war there ends to strengthen Ukrainian forces as part of Western security guarantees, the EU's top military adviser told Reuters.

Slovakia will not agree to using frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine, Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Saturday.

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau did not name the suspects in its statement but said they included a businessman believed to be the scheme’s mastermind; a former advisor to the country’s energy minister;

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Denis Alipov, the Russian ambassador, argued that the conflict in Ukraine involves NATO forces, specifically claiming that personnel from Britain and the U.S. operate advanced military systems for Ukraine.