Russian troops advance on Ukraine's Pokrovsk ahead of Trump-Putin summit in Alaska

US President Donald Trump is set to host Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, on Friday. That comes as Russian troops are closing in on a frontline city in eastern Ukraine. Newly released footage from the Russian military appears to show soldiers waving Russian flags in a village near Pokrovsk. Al Jazeera’s Charles Stratford in Kyiv, Ukraine with the latest on what's been happening on the ground and Osama Bin Javaid is following developments in Moscow, Russia. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Russia #UkraineWar #RussiaUkraineWar #VladimirPutin #Ukraine #VolodymrZelenskyy #DonaldTrump #TrumpPutinMeeting #Sanctions #Diplomacy #Kyiv #Moscow #AlJazeeraEnglish