Russia claimed on Tuesday that it took control of another settlement in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region. A statement by the Russian Defense Ministry claimed that its forces captured the village of Ivanopillya, situated about 7 kilometers (4.3 miles) southeast of the industrial city of Kostiantynivka, a key front in the Donetsk region.

From the front-line city of Pokrovsk in eastern Donetsk, to Zaporizhzhia in the south, there is little doubt that Russia is making advances. But, battlefield monitors suggest the picture is not quite so bleak for Ukraine as Trump and Putin suggest.

The new 19-point plan has dropped one of the most contentious elements of Trump's peace proposal – a requirement that Ukraine surrender Luhansk and Donetsk, parts of the Donbas, to Russia.

President Donald Trump's proposal to end Russia's war on Ukraine would require Ukraine to give up land and stay out of NATO.

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Pokrovsk, a city formerly home to around 60,000, is ground zero for Russia’s latest offensive in Moscow’s nearly three-year-old invasion of its neighbor.

The war in Ukraine has been raging for almost four years; 11 if you start with Crimea’s annexation in 2014. So many predictions have proved wrong along the way: Russia will win within a week. Ukraine is winning, against the odds. Western sanctions will bleed Russia dry and force it to the negotiating table.

The United States has drafted a 28-point peace plan for ending the war in Ukraine which is being studied by Kyiv, Moscow and interested countries in Europe.

Peace talks have been grinding on for months, with little visible progress toward a deal to end the war in eastern Europe.

The United States has presented a plan to Ukraine with a list of sweeping concessions Kyiv could make to potentially end the war with Russia, a proposal that appears to echo many of Moscow's maximalist demands.