Russia said on Sunday that its forces had taken full control of a town in eastern Ukraine as Moscow's forces advance on the strategically important city of Pokrovsk and seek to pierce the Ukrainian defensive front lines.

The humanitarian group Rescue Now says evacuation trains from the Donetsk hub have ceased because of the danger.

Ukrainian MP details Russian advance The capture of Pokrovsk by Russian forces, once seen as inevitable, now appears far less likely. According to the report, Russia’s 2nd Combined Arms Army, which includes dozens of regiments and brigades,