Oliver Conway

In fact, he said it was an attack on the American people.

I mean, it does seem that the rhetoric in these disputes can only get more colourful the temperature ever higher.

Our global affairs reporter, Paul Moss.

Ukraine's armed forces insist they are still holding out in Pokrovsk, despite Russian claims to have taken the city.

Russia has been advancing on Pokrovsk for more than a year as part of its campaign to seize the whole of the eastern region of Donetsk.

Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale has been talking to Ukrainian troops still fighting to hold back the invaders.

This is what it's like fighting in Pokrovsk.

what the men of Ukraine's Skala Assault Regiment are facing.

Hiding from the constant menace of Russian drones.

The threat that 48-year-old Hotabich had to endure for nearly 30 days.

His unit's coordinating the fight from a command centre well behind the front line.

Ukrainian drones flying above Pokrovsk show a city in ruins, but they want to prove Pokrovsk has not fallen, despite Russian claims to have taken the city.

They've been talking to their men on the ground in Pokrovsk to show us they are there still fighting.

He's just giving orders for them to show their flag.

And there it is.

You can see it now.

You've seen it with your own eyes.

If we do not show this, the whole world will lose faith and stop helping the Ukrainian people, the Ukrainian army.

That is why we are doing this, to prove we're still strong.

A staff officer called Simon Potapich shows me where Ukrainian forces are still defending in the north of the city.