Over the weekend, Russia claimed the capture of two settlements in the Donetsk region - Kurakhivka and Vyshneve ... Donald Trump has suggested he will end support for Kyiv’s war effort and claimed he could settle the war “in one day.”

In Ukraine’s industrial east, near the front line in the almost 3-year-old war with Russia, Ukrainians are bracing for a U.S. election they fear will have major repercussions for their country.

Although limited to small villages, the Russian progress in eastern Ukraine weighs heavily on the population's morale, who anxiously awaits the American presidential election on November 5. The outcome could change the course of the war.

"Active hostilities that continue in certain areas require constant renewal of the resources of Ukrainian units," Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said.