DONETSK, Ukraine-- Ukraine is divided down the middle. Generally, most people in the west want ties with Western Europe. Those in the east support Russia. Now with Russia in Crimea, other places ...

A serviceman of Donetsk People's Republic militia stands at a check point in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, May 4, 2022.

The president said, "The more people leave [the] Donetsk region now, the fewer people the Russian army will have time to kill." He noted that those who do leave would be compensated.

I visited the Donetsk region together with our warriors, Commander-in-Chief Syrskyi, and the new Commander of the Joint Forces, General Hnatov.

The commander of Ukraine's Donetsk army group, Oleksander Lutsenko, has been replaced following several significant defeats, Ukrainian media reported on Friday. Oleksander Tarnavski is replacing ...

My love for Donetsk ended with the Russian invasion of Donbas in 2014, when I was 15. I remember telling my mother back then that we should leave, but she couldn’t manage it.

Unless Ukraine's forces can block the Russian salient on the road between Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka in Donetsk Oblast, which has been growing since early May, the Russians may attempt to capture ...

Donetsk will be "much easier to defend than little Slovyansk," Strelkov said. He has said in recent days that he needs about 8,000 more combatants to mount an effective defense of the city.

DONETSK, Ukraine—Deep in the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) on Ukraine’s eastern fringe, crumbling statues of Lenin were guarding a century-old coal mine, testifying to a ...

The separatist group, the self-described Donetsk People’s Republic, said through its official information agency that 19 buildings had been damaged, including a hospital.

Ukraine has been fighting Kremlin-backed rebels in Donetsk and Luhansk since 2014. Russia has denied having its own troops on the ground in the regions, despite evidence of their presence.

The Ukrainian government created a coordination center to help evacuate the residents of Donetsk region to the safer parts of Ukraine, Vereshchuk said. The evacuation will be carried out by trains ...