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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 » Places: Russian drive on Donetsk region puts Kyiv's new commanders to the test
Moscow's larger forces have been inching towards the so-called "fortress belt" cities of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, the capture of which would bring Russia closer to its goal of seizing the entire ...
News Ukraine » Donetsk » Places: Why does Russia want Donbas? 6 things to know about the region Ukraine is being pressured to give up
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russian President Vladimir Putin is once again trying to seize through political backchanneling what he has failed to capture by ...
News Ukraine » Donetsk » Places: Ukraine’s frontline cities filled with dread and defiance
KRAMATORSK, Ukraine - In his new clothes store in the heart of Ukraine’s frontline city of Kramatorsk, Maksym Lysenko suddenly stops talking and listens. “There,” he says, leaning towards the window ...
News Ukraine » Donetsk » Places: Russian forces intensify attacks in Donetsk as Ukraine lauds fresh EU push to unlock frozen assets
Russia claims advances toward Sloviansk and Kramatorsk as fighting intensifies in Donetsk.
News Ukraine » Donetsk » Places: ‘I worry about this place’: A day in Ukraine’s Donetsk
POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — On the morning of Day 142 of the war in Ukraine, the mayor of a community slipping closer to the front line stands in sneakers and blazer near the newest soldier’s grave.
News Ukraine » Donetsk » Places: What’s at stake in Russia’s bid for Ukraine’s Donetsk territory?
Efforts to end Russia’s war in Ukraine could hinge on Kyiv handing over a 2,500-square-mile piece of territory that is strategically key to the country’s defense and rich with natural resources that ...
News Ukraine » Donetsk » Places: 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 » Places: Russian-backed head of Donetsk says Moscow must capture canal from Ukraine to solve water crisis
DONETSK, Russian-controlled Ukraine (Reuters) -The head of the Russian-held Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine said a water crisis that is forcing people to queue at water trucks can only be fixed if ...
News Ukraine » Donetsk » Places: 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 ...