The Latest Breaking News from Donbas

Giving up the region will have ‘catastrophic consequences’, say experts

Russia controls about 20 percent of Ukraine’s territory and wants full control of four eastern and southern regions.

Even though neither leader met in the Istanbul summits, Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky have met before

Delegations from Ukraine and Russia met for a second time in Istanbul in a month on June 2, 2025. Missing, again, were the country’s two leaders.

The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has agreed to pause attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure for 30 days following a phone call with his American counterpart, Donald Trump. On social media, Trump said the call was “very good and productive” and came “with an understanding that we will be working quickly…

Donald Trump’s grab for Ukraine’s minerals, which the US president is demanding as compensation for his country’s wartime assistance to Kyiv, might seem like a new low in a week of US-Ukraine relations lows.

Fighting desperately to cling on to coal mines that were once the lifeblood of its industrial east, Ukraine's soldiers conceded they were struggling against intensifying Russian attacks.

Rift between allies emerges after Washington suggested teenagers join the war amid Ukrainian demands for more US aid.

Ukrainian troops undergo intensive training in France with advanced military equipment to prepare for conflict in Donbas region.