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.
Maps of the war in Ukraine show Russian advances as troops appeared to make gains into enemy territory on Christmas Eve.
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