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The Donbas (UK: / d ɒ n ˈ b ɑː s /, US: / ˈ d ɒ n b ɑː s, d ʌ n ˈ b æ s /; Ukrainian: Донба́с;) or Donbass (Russian: Донба́сс) is a historical, cultural, and economic region in eastern Ukraine. Parts of the Donbas are occupied by Russia as a result of the Russo-Ukrainian War.
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.
Jun 11, 2024 · Donbas, large mining and industrial region of southeastern Europe, notable for its sizable coal reserves. The industrial area of the Donbas includes much of the Ukrainian oblasti (provinces) of Donetsk and Luhansk.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Apr 15, 2022 · Fighting in Ukraine has rounded on Donbas, a sprawling and beleaguered heartland region that has suffered years of conflict and now serves as the bloody stage on which Russia’s war could be...
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Apr 20, 2022 · The strikes mainly hit the eastern region known as Donbas, Ukraine’s industrial heartland, where pro-Moscow separatists have battled Ukrainian forces since Russia seized Ukraine’s Crimean ...
- Thomas Gibbons-Neff
Apr 12, 2022 · Ukrainian troops in the Donbas region are preparing for heavy strikes as Russia turns its focus to the east.
Sep 17, 2022 · Russian troops stormed in. Vladimir V. Putin, Russia’s leader, turned this patch of Eastern Europe into a personal project, sowing the seeds for an explosion of bloodshed that would spawn the ...
