Russian forces captured Novopustynka and Uspenovka in the DPR, marking key gains in the Ukraine conflict. Over the past week, they seized 10 villages, causing heavy Ukrainian casualties. #UkraineConfl

Here are the key developments on the 1,031st day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The city of Pokrovsk, a vital delivery and distribution hub for Ukraine's forces across a wide part of the front line, is in danger of being encircled.

Below-freezing temperatures, air raid sirens and missile and drone attacks are part of daily life, but the nation's will to carry on fighting and withstand difficulty doesn't appear to be crumpling.

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Russia could soon capture the key southern Donetsk logistics hub of Pokrovsk, which would cap a year of material territorial gains in Ukraine.

For the world, 2024 was riven by conflict on two fronts. As the year ends, Gaza is in shambles and tens of thousands are dead.

Moscow has intensified its attacks on Ukrainian forces battling to hold an enclave in Russia's Kursk region and increased pressure in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, Ukraine's top army commander said on Tuesday.

The Khortytsia Operational Strategic Group of Forces has denied information from the Deep State monitoring project regarding the encirclement of certain defence forces units near the settlements of Uspenivka and Trudove in Donetsk Oblast.

Russia has been increasing its gains towards the Donetsk logistics hub of Pokrovsk which is central to its goal of taking the whole region. These advances have led to the dismissal of the commander of Ukraine's Donetsk Joint Task Force, Oleksandr Lutsenko, Reuters reported.

Military personnel and civilians who have experienced the hell of the front line are wary of any peace agreement with Russia