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Donetsk (UK: / d ɒ n ˈ j ɛ t s k / don-YETSK, [1] US: / d ə n-/ dən-; [2] [3] Ukrainian: Донецьк [doˈnɛtsʲk] ⓘ; ‹See Tfd› 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 ...
1 day ago · Russia has captured two Ukrainian towns in the country's east as it continues its advance in the Donetsk region. Meanwhile, Kyiv downed 11 drones overnight in the week after President Volodymyr ...
3 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.
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6 days ago · After months of constant pressure and grinding, bloody advances, Russian forces are pressing up against multiple strongholds along more than 100 miles of the jagged front in the eastern Donetsk ...
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...
8 hours ago · Russia's army fully occupied the critical Ukrainian town of Vuhledar on Wednesday, after more than two years pressing to capture the Donetsk region stronghold. “To take control of the city at any cost, Russians managed to direct the reserves to carry out flank attacks, which exhausted the defense of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine ...
Jul 31, 2022 · Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has told all civilians still living in parts of eastern Donetsk region under Ukrainian control to evacuate. Speaking during a late-night address from Kyiv,...
