The Latest Breaking News from Donbas

Dmytro Kuleba told NATO allies they had 'days not weeks' to send more weapons to help local troops fight Vladimir Putin’s invading forces. He warned 'more is to come'

The battle for Donbas will remind of World War Two with large operations maneuvers and thousands of tanks, planes and armored vehicles, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba warned on Thursday at NATO, as he called for help from allies within days.

Ukraine braced for a climactic battle for control of the besieged country's industrial east after Russian forces withdrew from the shattered outskirts of Kyiv to regroup and intensify their offensive across the Donbas region, where authorities urged people to evacuate before time runs out. The mayor of the southern port…

Eastern area of the country now braces for sustained Russian attacks

Ukraine braced for a climactic battle for control over the besieged country’s industrial east as Russian forces withdrew from the shattered outskirts of Kyiv to regroup

Russia will struggle to rapidly redeploy the forces it has withdrawn from the area around Ukrainian capital Kyiv to the Donbas region in the east as units need reconstituting and re-equipping, a Western official said on Wednesday.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance must bed in 'for the long haul' as Vladimir Putin prepares to regroup Russian troops in an assault on the eastern Donbas region

The Russian military are now circling the Donbas. I’m terrified for people there who were loyal to Ukraine for the past eight years, says Ukrainian journalist Nataliya Gumenyuk

Kyiv was a Russian defeat for the ages