By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian forces have made a sudden thrust into eastern Ukraine near the coal mining town of Dobropillia, a move that may be an attempt to increase the pressure on Kyiv to give up land as the U.

Moscow's forces are making gains near Pokrovsk in Ukraine's Donetsk region, according to the Institute for the Study of War.

When US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Alaska on Friday, they are likely to discuss a potential compromise to end the Ukraine conflict. According to unconfirmed media reports,