Russia has been steadily gaining in Ukraine but has focused its efforts on advancing in the country's eastern Donetsk region.

Pokrovsk has been dubbed a "fortress" city, key for Ukraine's logistics and a long-time stronghold for Kyiv in the east.

The following month, Ukrainian forces recaptured the southern city of Kherson. Since then, the battle has mostly been in the east of Ukraine with ... not reflected in the maps.

What we are showing on our Ukraine map and why it looks different ... combat operations focus on strategically important roads, cities and facilities. Maps showing large areas held by Russian ...

Russian forces are closing in on the strategically important eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk after capturing a string of villages to its south, and Ukraine has halted production at its only ...