The Latest Breaking News from Donbas

Dmytro Kotsyubaylo was a leader of one of the most controversial armed groups in the country, and was hailed as a hero by Volodymyr Zelensky, writes Kim Sengupta. He is the latest high-profile casualty in the fierce fighting around the eastern city of Bakhmut

With winter coming to a close in Ukraine, Russia is making a series of advances in the eastern Donbas region, with a primary aim of capturing the city of Bakhmut. While the city itself has some (limited) strategic significance as a regional transport hub, neither its symbolic nor material value…

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres was on his way to Kyiv to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday as Russia and Ukraine exchanged prisoners of war. Zelensky said earlier in the day that the Ukrainian military would be sending reinforcements to the besieged city of Bakhmut, belying earlier reports…

The schoolbooks are being altered to include a positive outlook on the full-scale invasion, avoiding the mention of Russia's humiliating battlefield performances, focusing instead on the eastern region of Donbas

Vladimir Putin’s troops are said to have almost encircled the town in the Donetsk province in the eastern Donbas region

Russia and Ukraine are believed to have suffered equally horrific losses in the war. But when it comes to troop strength, the math is on Russia's side. Its population is four times Ukraine's.

This war is Russia’s fault. But European nations rebuffing Russia during the noughties did not help, says Anatol Lieven of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft

Ukraine – a year of war: The Independent presents a selection of the most striking images of the conflict

Zelenskiy says Ukraine ‘will prevail’ as general staff reports 90 assaults in 24 hours in east and north-east

For people who have family members on different sides of the war in Ukraine, it's been a long year of disagreeing, disbelieving and biting tongues.

For Russia, it's been a year of bold charges and bombardments, humiliating retreats and grinding sieges. Ukraine has countered with fierce resistance, surprising counteroffensives and unexpected hit-and-run strikes. Now, on the anniversary of Russia's invasion that has killed tens of thousands and reduced cities to ruins, both sides are preparing…