Russian forces advance despite record losses in Ukraine's Donetsk
2 days ago · Russian forces continue to make significant and steady progress across Ukraine's Donetsk region as they are now moving in on the town of Pokrovsk and appear to be closing in on Kurakhove further ...
Donetsk - Wikipedia
Donetsk (UK: / dɒnˈjɛtsk / don-YETSK, [ 1 ] US: / dən -/ dən-; [ 2 ][ 3 ] Ukrainian: Донецьк [doˈnɛtsʲk] ⓘ; Russian: Донецк [dɐˈnʲetsk] ⓘ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin, and Stalino, is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine located on the Kalmius River in Donetsk Oblast, which is currently occupied by Russia a...
Donetsk | Facts, Region, & Occupation | Britannica
Dec 17, 2024 · Donetsk, city, southeastern Ukraine, on the headwaters of the Kalmius River. It is the capital of Donetsk oblast (province) and the most prominent city in the Donets Basin industrial region. In 2014 Donetsk was occupied by Russian-backed militants who claimed to represent the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic.
Russia's war in Ukraine: No end in sight to the war on the Donetsk ...
4 days ago · Ukraine’s allies are deploying different formulas to end the war on the carpets of palaces thousands of miles from the front. In Donetsk, in muddy and frozen towns like Pokrovsk, Kurakhove, Velyka Novolsika or Chasiv Yar, where Russia is harassing Ukrainian troops in the fiercest battles of this year’s end, neither civilians nor soldiers see an end to the conflict.
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin’s forces capture Donetsk ... - MSN
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin’s forces capture Donetsk village as eight wounded in drone attack - Putin says he is open to talks with Donald Trump, saying ‘we will have things to discuss’
What Would The Russian Capture Of Pokrovsk Mean For The Ukraine …
5 days ago · Ever since Ukraine's counteroffensive to drive out invading Russian forces culminated with little success in October 2023, Russian troops have slowly pushed westward, capturing the Donetsk city of ...
Ukraine updates: Russia claims further advances in Donetsk
Dec 15, 2024 · Russia says its forces have taken two more villages in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region. Meanwhile, Ukraine says it has downed 56 Russian drones launched overnight.
Donetsk - Wikiwand
Donetsk, formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka, Stalin, and Stalino, is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine located on the Kalmius River in Donetsk Oblast,...
Donetsk and Luhansk: What you should know about the ‘republics’
Feb 22, 2022 · Kyiv, Ukraine – Moscow-backed separatists have controlled the southeastern Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, known collectively as Donbas, for almost eight years.
EXPLAINER: What’s behind the conflict in eastern Ukraine?
Apr 15, 2021 · The separatist conflict in Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland, known as the Donbas, short for Donetsk Basin, erupted in April 2014. That came a few weeks after Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula following the ouster of a Moscow-friendly president by a popular uprising in the capital of Kyiv.