Russia's troops are slowly closing in on Ukraine's eastern city of Pokrovsk, seeking to gain control of the supply hub in a critical battle as the war nears the three-year mark. Ukrainian forces are trying to slow down the advance of Russian military near the city in the Donetsk Oblast,

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.

Desperately short of infantry, Kyiv is using aerial drones to pick off Russian infantry. It is slowing, but not stopping, the Russian advance.