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DONETSK REGION, Ukraine — From a bunker in eastern Ukraine, the 33-year-old soldier asks her comrade to fly a reconnaissance drone over her childhood home, hoping for a final glimpse before it becomes ...
News Ukraine » Donetsk » Events: Key bridge linking Mariupol and Donetsk destroyed in occupied Ukraine
How serious is the damage? A bridge linking Donetsk and Mariupol in Russian-occupied territory was destroyed overnight. Traffic can no longer pass through the crossing, forcing Russian occupation ...
News Ukraine » Donetsk » Events: Ukraine: Zelenskyy says Russia deployed 170,000 troops for push in Donetsk
Russia has deployed 170,000 troops in eastern Ukraine, focusing on Pokrovsk in a major offensive. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the city is not fully surrounded, though Russian forces ...
News Ukraine » Donetsk » Events: Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,304
A Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s southwestern Samara region on Saturday killed four people, local governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev said on social media, adding that one person was injured. In ...
News Ukraine » Donetsk » Events: Ukraine's last eastern strongholds hang on as Russia fights to take Donbas
KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — In one of the last remaining cities under Ukrainian control in the country's eastern Donetsk region, once a powerhouse of industry, life gets more difficult — and dangerous — as ...
News Ukraine » Donetsk » Events: Russia says it has taken control of two villages in Ukraine's Donetsk region
MOSCOW, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Russian forces have taken control of two more frontline settlements in key areas of eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Monday. Ukrainian ...
News Ukraine » Donetsk » Events: Russia pours 150K troops into latest drive to overrun Ukraine in Donetsk: ‘Really a tense situation’
Pokrovsk, a city formerly home to around 60,000 in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, is ground zero for Russia’s latest offensive in Moscow’s nearly three-year-old invasion of its neighbor. Despite ...
News Ukraine » Donetsk » Events: Ukraine Warns of Russian Mobilisation Plans
Ukraine's President, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, warns that Russia plans to mobilize an additional 300,000 troops after the September elections. He suggests further drafts may occur in 2027 to capture more ...
News Ukraine » Donetsk » Events: Explainer-Why Is Fate of Donetsk Region a Sticking Point in Talks on Ending War in Ukraine?
Explainer-Why Is Fate of Donetsk Region a Sticking Point in Talks on Ending War in Ukraine? By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. envoys on ...
News Ukraine » Donetsk » Events: Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,315
Russian forces claim to have captured a village near the city of Siversk in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, the Russian Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is ...