One of Russia's influential pro-Kremlin military bloggers—accounts often used to judge on the ground developments in lieu of official statements from Moscow—said Russian leader Vladimir Putin's troops ...

Fighting has blazed in Toretsk for many months, while Russia has headed south of Pokrovsk to avoid battles through the Ukrainian stronghold city.

A map produced by the Institute for the Study ... Institute for the Study of War One pro-Kremlin military blogger said Russia had managed to approach "the route supplying the enemy units in ...