The Russian military has pierced pockets of Ukraine’s frontlines in the eastern Donetsk region this week, pushing forward just days before Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is set to meet with

Russian forces moved at least six miles deeper into the Donetsk region in a move that appeared designed to pressure Kyiv

By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian forces have made a sudden thrust into eastern Ukraine near the coal mining town of Dobropillia, a move that may be an attempt to increase the pressure on Kyiv to give up land as the U.