Russia is claiming it has captured another village in its relentless offensive in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region and as it closes in on the critical Ukrainian logistics hub of Pokrovsk after almost three years of war.

Russian forces are slowly tightening the noose around the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, a key logistical hub whose main supply lines are under threat nearly three years after Moscow invaded its neighbour.

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

Analysts from the DeepState project reported on the night of 26-27 January that Russian troops had advanced in Toretsk and near Anriivka and Novojelyzavetivka in Donetsk Oblast. Source: DeepState Quote: "Russia has advanced in Toretsk,

Ukrainian forces fighting around Velyka Novosilka claim its Russian takeover will amount to nothing more than a flag-raising exercise

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Ukraine’s 110th Mechanized Brigade acknowledged a withdrawal from parts of the village to avoid encirclement but claimed that fighting is ongoing elsewhere in Velyka Novosilka.

Russia has claimed victory in capturing the village of Novovasylivka, located near the crucial Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk. Moscow’s defense ministry reports that its forces have largely taken control of the village,

Fighting has intensified between Russia and Ukraine as the Kremlin claimed its forces are closing in on a key city in the east of Ukraine. Overnight, Russian strikes hit the city of Bilytske, close to Pokrovsk, injuring two women and setting a two-storey building on fire.

Russia claimed on Friday that its forces had seized the village of Novovasylivka in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region.