Russian forces are just miles away from the key Eastern city
Reuters was unable to verify battlefield accounts from either side due to reporting restrictions.
Its forces have attacked western Novyi Trud and along a highway south of Dachenske, and hit Ukrainian fortifications on the outskirts of Shevchenko on December 11.
Russia is pushing toward Pokrovsk, a strategic city for Ukraine’s army with important rail and road connections, in a rapid capturing of ground in the Donetsk region.