The Latest Breaking News from Donbas

Russia seizes first city since launching offensive in eastern Ukraine, official says

Kreminna appears to be the first city that Russian forces have taken since they started an offensive in the Donbas region.

Axios · Apr 19, 2022

Video resurfaces of a horrified Zelensky as Trump tells him to work things out with Putin

‘Everyone seems to be focusing on Zelenskyy’s face when all I can think of is where we’d be if that incompetent a**hole was POTUS right now’

The Independent UK · Apr 19, 2022

Ukraine war entering bitter new phase that's set to last 'several months', UK warns

Boris Johnson's Cabinet was briefed by a senior national security official who warned a war of 'attrition' is under way in the eastern Donbas region thanks to Putin

Daily Mirror · Apr 19, 2022

Russian assault on eastern Ukraine ‘could last several months’, Boris Johnson warned

PM to speak to world leaders including Joe Biden as UK offers more military help to Kyiv

The Independent UK · Apr 19, 2022

Evening Standard Comment: Sanctions are vital, but it is weapons that win wars

The battle for the Donbas has begun. The long-awaited Russian offensive in eastern Ukraine appears to be underway, with vast artillery and rocket attacks.

Evening Standard · Apr 19, 2022

More British help to Ukraine ahead of battle for the Donbas

Britain is sending more weapons to Ukraine, a minister disclosed on Tuesday, after Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said a “battle for the Donbas” had begun.

Evening Standard · Apr 19, 2022

Russia takes Donbas town but Ukrainian frontline ‘still holding’

Ukrainian troops forced to withdraw from small city of Kreminna after ferocious assault as Russia moves towards Kramatorsk

The Guardian - UK · Apr 19, 2022

First Thing: Russia has begun battle to seize east of Ukraine, says Zelenskiy

Russian troops have begun the battle for the Donbas, Ukrainian president says in video address

The Guardian - UK · Apr 19, 2022

Russia begins ‘new phase of the war’ as Battle for Donbas begins

Ukraine says it will be able to repel Russia’s attacks in the east

The Independent UK · Apr 19, 2022

Ukraine: Where is Donbas, and what are the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics?

Pro-Russian separatist regions in Donbas declared independence from Kyiv in 2014

The Independent UK · Apr 19, 2022