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The Latest Breaking News from Donbas

South Africa launches investigation into 17 citizens fighting in Ukraine

Men aged 20 to 39 ‘lured to join mercenary force’ in Donbas region have requested assistance to return home

The Guardian - UK

South Africa investigates how 17 men were duped into joining mercenaries in the Russia-Ukraine war

The South African government says it will investigate how 17 of its citizens were tricked into fighting as mercenaries in the Russia-Ukraine war after they asked for help to escape the conflict in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump sanctions Russian oil giants over Putin’s ‘lack of commitment to peace’

US president said he has good conversations with his Moscow counterpart but they ‘just don’t go anywhere’

The Independent UK

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When it comes to Ukraine peace negotiations, it’s all over the map

Donald Trump is reportedly “sick” of seeing maps of the front line in Ukraine. Indeed, according to one European official’s account, he tossed aside Ukrainian delegation maps during his latest meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on Oct. 17, 2025.

The Conversation

Trump suggests carving up Ukraine’s Donbas region to end war after meeting with Zelenskyy

Trump made the comments after a tense meeting with Zelenskyy in which the Ukraine leader failed to secure supplies of Tomahawk missiles

The Guardian - AU

French photojournalist Antoni Lallican killed in Ukraine drone attack

Antoni Lallican, an award-winning French photographer on assignment in Ukraine, died in a drone attack in the eastern Donbas region on Friday, press groups have announced. It is the first time a journalist has been killed by a drone in Ukraine in more than three years of war with Russia.

Radio France Internationale

French photojournalist Antoni Lallican killed by a Russian drone in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region

French President Emmanuel Macron was quick to react to the announcement, praising and expressing his condolences to the late journalist in a post on X.

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In Ukraine’s Sloviansk, some are abandoning long-held sympathies for Russia

Locals who sided with pro-Russian separatists become ideologically closer to Ukraine as the war rumbles on.

Al Jazeera

Russia continues aerial assault on Ukraine, targeting positions in Sumy and Donbas

Several people were injured after Russian missiles and drones struck various targets in the northern Sumy region, as the Kremlin intensifies its aerial bombardment of Ukraine despite ongoing US-led peace efforts.

Euronews

Movie project aims to tell story of Ukraine soccer club Shakhtar during Russian invasion

A film screenplay is being written about Ukrainian soccer club Shakhtar Donetsk’s 2022 season during Russia’s full military invasion of its home Donbas region

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump says ‘here we go’ in reaction to Russia violating Polish airspace

Poland's PM Tusk says ‘huge number’ of drones entered Polish airspace during major attack on western Ukraine

The Independent UK

Putin told US he will occupy Donbas region by end of 2025, Zelensky claims

Vladimir Putin told the US he will occupy the Donbas region of Ukraine by the end of 2025, Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed.

The Independent UK

Ukraine's Donbas Refugees Don't Want To Be Sacrificed For Peace

Maryna Tereshchenko still remembers the smell of the apricot trees in her Donbas home town, and clings to the hope that she will one day be able to return to east Ukraine.

International Business Times

Turkey Says Russia Scales Back Ukraine Territorial Demands

Russia is demanding Ukraine cede all of its eastern Donbas region, but would be willing to freeze the conflict in the south of the country along current front lines, Turkey's top diplomat has said.

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Russian Troops Push Into Dnipropetrovsk As Fuel Crisis Hits Moscow

The move puts Ukraine's industrial heartland at risk, while analysts warned it signals Moscow's intent to stretch Ukraine's defenses across multiple fronts beyond Donbas.

The Independent UK

Family of Briton reported killed in Ukraine ‘disappointed’ by official response

Annie Lewis Marffy was taking aid supplies to Kramatorsk in the contested Donbas region.

The Conversation

Even if Trump succeeds in bringing Putin and Zelenskyy together, don’t expect wonders − their only previous face-to-face encounter ended in failure

Donald Trump has raised the prospect of directs talks between Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine, in what would be the first such encounter in more than three years of war between the two countries.

Al Jazeera

Why does Russia want Ukraine’s Donbas region?

Russia seeks Donbas for strategic, economic, and symbolic purposes, but experts say Moscow’s claims are dubious.

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The Independent UK

Jesse Watters says the changing borders of Germany for 150 years show why Putin should keep parts of Ukraine

‘Borders change all the time!’ declared the TV anchor as he explained why Volodymyr Zelensky should let Russia keep Crimea and the Donbas

Euronews

Russia cannot seize all of Donetsk region unless Ukraine withdraws from it, ISW says

The Russian president allegedly told Donald Trump that he wants all of Ukraine’s Donbas region as part of any deal to put an end to the war. More than 10 years into Moscow's relentless assaults in eastern Ukraine, Russia still does not control all of the Donbas.

The Guardian - UK

Why is Donbas region becoming a defining faultline in Ukraine talks?

Putin has reportedly demanded full control of industrial region but Kyiv is set against ceding any territory

International Business Times UK

Trump Sparks Outrage Over 'Donbas Betrayal' in Peace Deal Handing Ukraine's Key Region to Russia

US President Donald Trump backs ceding Ukraine's Donbas to Russia in a peace deal, sparking alarm among NATO allies and fears for Ukraine's sovereignty.

The Guardian - UK

UK and EU at Zelenskyy’s side in Washington for meeting with Trump

Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz and others will aim to push back against ceding of Ukraine territory in ‘peace plan’

The Independent UK

Mapped: The crucial Ukraine region Trump says should be ‘cut up’ between Zelensky and Putin

The Donetsk and Luhansk provinces in the Donbas region form the industrial heartland of Ukraine

The Guardian - US

Trump reportedly to back ceding of Ukrainian territory to Russia as part of peace deal

Details of post-summit call were leaked in which US president supports plan for Kyiv to give up Donbas region

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