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Donetsk (UK: / d ɒ n ˈ j ɛ t s k / don-YETSK, US: / d ə n-/; Ukrainian: Донецьк [doˈnɛt͡sʲk] ⓘ; 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 as the capital of the Donetsk People's Republic.The population was estimated at 901,645 (2022 estimate) in the city core, with over 2 ...
5 days ago · 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.
Feb 21, 2022 · The conflict in the separatist regions began in 2014, when rebels loyal to Russia seized government buildings in Donetsk and Luhansk, beginning a long trench war with Ukrainian forces. More than ...
May 26, 2022 · Donbas is predominantly Russian-speaking and after Russia seized Crimea in 2014, its proxy forces captured more than a third of Ukraine's east in a war that never came to an end. The Russian ...
6 days ago · DONETSK REGION, Ukraine (AP) — Relentless Russian attacks on Ukrainian positions defending the strategically important eastern town of Chasiv Yar are disrupting troop rotations and the delivery of some supplies, soldiers in the area say. Russian troops are seeking to press their advantage in troop numbers and weaponry before Ukrainian forces are bulked up by promised new Western military aid that is already trickling to the front line, analysts say.
Jul 7, 2022 · The ultimate Russian objective in the Donbas region, which includes Donetsk and neighboring Luhansk Province, is to capture Kramatorsk, the site of Ukraine’s regional administration since 2014 ...
Jan 22, 2022 · Little is heard from the two rebel-held areas of eastern Ukraine at the centre of Russia's military row with the West. This is the story of one resident, forced to leave the city of Donetsk when ...
Nov 13, 2022 · Nov. 13, 2022. Russian attacks have turned the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk into a “hell,” President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, drawing attention to one of the war’s most entrenched ...
Mar 19, 2022 · The invasion of Ukraine is nothing new for the people of rebel-held Donetsk, who have been at war for the past eight years and seen Russian's invasion of Ukraine escalate the conflict there. Many ...
Jan 21, 2024 · Donetsk city and parts of the wider region in eastern Ukraine were first seized by Russian-backed forces in 2014, and the area has been partially controlled by Moscow ever since. The city is ...
Sep 19, 2022 · Donetsk has been controlled by Russia's proxy authorities since 2014. They have repeatedly accused Ukrainian forces of targeting the city. Independent confirmation is hard to come by on the ground ...
Sep 19, 2022 · The Russia-backed mayor of the eastern city of Donetsk blames Ukrainians for the blasts that killed 13.
Feb 22, 2022 · A 13.5 metre-tall statue of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin still dominates the main square in Donetsk, the capital of the eponymous breakaway region in southeastern Ukraine.
Jul 10, 2022 · Donetsk and Luhansk are the two regions that together form Donbas, the eastern part of Ukraine where the conflict between Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists started in 2014.
Feb 21, 2022 · A map shows the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine. Getty/iStockphoto The following month, the separatist regions held a popular vote to declare independence and make a bid to become part of ...
Jan 22, 2024 · Item 1 of 6 People remove debris at a food market following, what local Russian-installed authorities say, was a Ukrainian military strike in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Donetsk ...
Apr 22, 2024 · Russia's Ministry of Defense claims to have captured the eastern village of Novomykhailivka in Russian-annexed Donetsk. Ukraine's military leadership on Monday morning said that Russian forces had ...
Jan 21, 2024 · Shelling killed at least 28 people and injured 30, including two children, near a market in the Russian-controlled city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Sunday, according to Russian officials.
May 17, 2024 · Avdiivka, which would have been a possible gateway for Ukraine to reach the Russian-controlled city of Donetsk, has been a battlefield town since 2014, when Russian-backed fighters seized large ...
Jan 21, 2024 · 1:18. At least 25 people were killed on Sunday in shelling near the Russian-controlled city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, in what a local official said was an attack by Ukrainian forces. Russia ...
