Russia has advanced around Pokrovsk for many months, but has so far failed to entirely encircle or seize control of the city.

Over the past 24 hours, from July 22 to 23, the Russian army lost 970 soldiers on the front line, as well as tanks, an MLRS, and 42 artillery systems, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.

Russia attacked Ukraine with missiles and hundreds of drones overnight, killing two people, wounding 15 and causing damage and fires in several parts of the country, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.

THE LAND ITSELF BEARS THE SCARS OF WAR, WITH WHOLE AREAS IMPASSABLE BECAUSE OF LANDMINES. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S CAPITOL BUREAU CHIEF, JOHN GREENWALD, TOOK AN INDEPENDENT TRIP THERE IN THE SPRING. AND HE SHOWS US THE IMPACTS OF THE SECOND PART OF HIS WOUNDS OF WAR SERIES.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is stalling over a ceasefire. Meanwhile, Trump has changed his mind about sending weapons to Ukraine.

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Fox News on Tuesday that sanctioning Russian oil to end the Ukraine war is a "very real possibility."

Moscow on Tuesday once again downplayed expectations for a third round of peace talks with Ukraine and did not confirm the date for a meeting in Istanbul set for Wednesday by Ukraine. Moscow's delegation at the last round of talks with Ukraine was led by a hawkish historian and the current head of the Russian Union of Writers,