The Latest Breaking News from Donbas

After months of being pushed steadily back – short of troops and ammunition – Kyiv’s offensive to occupy a chunk of Russian territory took the Kremlin by surprise. The move has a clear political logic but is fraught with military danger

With its daring incursion into Russia’s Kursk region, Ukraine has attempted to reshuffle the cards in the conflict after months of paralysis in its eastern Donbas region. It exposed Russian military weaknesses and could strengthen Ukraine’s position at the negotiating table.

Ukraine sets up military commandant’s office in Kursk; Russians grind on towards strategic Pokrovsk in Donbas. What we know on day 905

Russian President Putin accuses Ukraine of incursion in Kursk to disrupt Donbas offensive, raising concerns over potential escalation of hostilities.

The first flashpoint of Russia’s hybrid war in Donbas in eastern Ukraine, and one of the first Ukrainian cities to be occupied and then liberated back in 2014, Sloviansk today finds itself once again under threat from the Kremlin’s armies.

Russell Bentley, a Texas native better known by his nickname "Donbass Cowboy", died in mysterious circumstances near Donetsk. His death provoked a strong reaction in Russian ultra-nationalist circles, where Bentley had made a name for himself over the past ten years by travelling through the territories occupied by pro-Russian forces…

As Kyiv’s forces struggle, fewer than half of Ukrainians believe the country could return to its pre-2014 borders.

Moas staff evacuate 80% of critically wounded soldiers from region’s battlefield, where medics say morale is falling

Trump's plan will see Kyiv hand over Crimea and the Donbas border region to Moscow.

On April 7, 2014, a coup by pro-Russian militants in the city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine was the spark that ignited the Donbas war. In the heart of this industrial region, populated at the time by six million mostly Russian-speaking inhabitants, the armed confrontation began between an expansionist Russia…

Sitting in a steamy kitchen, Ukrainian soldier Anton was ready to go on a new rotation to defend Chasiv Yar, a strategic town for troops fighting for control of the eastern Donbas region.