Administratively, Donetsk has been the centre of Donetsk Oblast, while historically, it is the unofficial capital and largest city of the larger economic and cultural Donets Basin (Donbas) …

Oct 27, 2025 · 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 …

3 days ago · Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia has deployed about 170,000 troops in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, aiming to capture the city of Pokrovsk.

4 days ago · Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the Russians are trying to capture the embattled city of Pokrovsk. It could enable further Russian advances in the Donetsk …

Feb 24, 2023 · With its own history, the Donetsk region shows what happens when terror and aggression are not stopped in time and what fate befalls the territories illegally occupied by …

Aug 12, 2025 · Zelenskyy said Putin wants the remaining 9,000 square kilometers (3,500 square miles) of Donetsk under Kyiv’s control, where the war’s toughest battles are grinding on, as …

Located on the upper reaches of the Kalmiius River in the steppe region, this industrial settlement (city since 1920) grew to become the largest center of coal mining and metallurgy and the fifth …

Conceding the remainder of Donetsk Oblast would thus also provide Russian forces more advantageous positions from which to attack into Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. Putin’s reported …

4 days ago · Russia has deployed around 170,000 troops in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region where they are trying to capture the stronghold of Pokrovsk in a major push for battlefield …

The image provided below is a picture from a destroyed hospital in Donetsk from the 2014 invasion. In 2022, the city was captured by Russian forces and annexed as part of Russia, …