The Latest Breaking News from Donbas

Ukraine President Zelensky says Donbas has been 'completely destroyed'

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke to Ukraine's leader on Thursday

Wales Online · May 19, 2022

Ukraine latest: Ukraine says Donbas region completely destroyed, US supports Nordic push to join NATO

Volodymyr Zelenskyy accuses Russian forces of attempting to kill as many Ukrainians and do as much damage as possible, repeating his charge that Russia was carrying out a genocide.

ABC News · May 19, 2022

‘It is hell there’: Ukraine’s Donbas ‘completely destroyed’ by relentless bombardment, Zelensky says

President accuses Moscow of carrying out ‘senseless bombardment’ in east of country

The Independent UK · May 19, 2022

G7 pledges billions for Ukraine 'to get through this'

The Group of Seven agreed on Thursday to provide Ukraine with $18.4 billion to pay its bills, funds that Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said would speed up Kyiv's victory over Russia and which were just as important as "the weapons you provide".

Reuters · May 18, 2022

VIDEO: War In Ukraine: Russia Blitzes Ukrainian Targets With Deadly Orlan 10 Drones

This is the moment a Russian ‘Orlan-10’ drone takes to the sky and drops bombs on a target in the Donbas region.

Zenger · May 18, 2022

A member of Ukraine's parliament now trains a recon and sabotage unit to fight Russia

Col. Roman Kostenko, a Ukrainian lawmaker, has built a reconnaissance and sabotage team to target Russian forces. His ultimate goal: free his family village from Russian control.

WEKU · May 18, 2022

Desperate Vladimir Putin finally deploys 'Terminator tanks' in Ukraine for first time

The 'Terminator tanks' were first brought within just a few miles of the Ukrainian border only days before the invasion began but it has taken until now for them to be deployed

Daily Mirror · May 18, 2022

Moment terrifying Russian ‘Orlan-10’ drone takes to the sky and drops bombs on Donbas

The Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) claims the Orlan-10 drone is used to help civilians being used as human shields - while also carrying out reconnaissance missions to find Ukrainian weapons depots to target

Daily Mirror · May 17, 2022

Putin takes Mariupol, but wider Donbas victory slipping from reach

Even as the Kremlin prepares to take full control of the ruins of Mariupol city, it faces the growing prospect of defeat in its bid to conquer all of Ukraine's eastern Donbas because its badly mauled forces lack the manpower for significant advances.

Reuters · May 17, 2022

Vladimir Putin's war has not gone to plan. Here are Russia's three biggest failures in Ukraine so far

From the battle for Snake Island to a spate of military general deaths and the devastating loss of a battalion crossing a river, Russia's mistakes on the battlefield have left Vladimir Putin in an embarrassing position.

ABC News · May 17, 2022