Russian forces in Toretsk, Donetsk Oblast, are attempting to raise tricolor flags for propaganda purposes, the Khortytsia ...

Russian troops attempted to raise their tricolor flag over Toretsk in Donetsk Oblast, but Ukrainian forces foiled the effort ...

A video circulated by the Russians shows a Russian flag on the Kurakhove City Council ... the situation around the "Uspenivka pocket" in Donetsk Oblast had been getting worse.

Moscow said on Friday that its forces had seized a handful of settlements in Donetsk since the start of the month.

Ukrainian troops successfully withdrew from some areas to avoid being encircled but fighting is ongoing around the village, which lies around 15 kilometers east of the neighboring Dnipropetrovsk ...