The Latest Breaking News from Donbas

Zelenskiy: Resilience of our forces in Soledar has helped Ukraine win time

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday said the resilience of Ukraine's forces fighting off waves of attacks in the eastern region of Donbas had helped the country win time and gain strength.

Reuters · Jan 9, 2023

Russia's war on Ukraine latest: Kyiv says it repels attacks in east

Ukraine is strengthening its forces in the eastern Donbas region and repelling constant attacks on Bakhmut and other towns there by Russian mercenary group Wagner, Ukrainian authorities said on Monday.

Reuters · Jan 9, 2023

Russia intensifies assaults on Ukrainian salt mining town and eastern front

Russia has stepped up a "powerful assault" led by the Wagner contract militia on Soledar in eastern Ukraine, Kyiv said on Monday, describing a difficult situation for forces repelling waves of attacks around the salt mining town and nearby fronts.

Reuters · Jan 8, 2023

President Zelenskiy: ‘Ukraine is advancing in parts of Donbas’

Ukrainian forces are holding their positions against Russian troops in the eastern Donbas region and making small advances in some areas, president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said.

Evening Standard · Dec 30, 2022

Ukraine's Zelenskiy: We are advancing in some parts of Donbas

Ukrainian forces are holding their positions against Russian troops in the eastern Donbas region and making small advances in some areas, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday.

Reuters · Dec 30, 2022

How volunteers support Russian troops in Ukraine

Burgeoning volunteer movement has taken on increasingly prominent role in supplying Russian forces fighting in Ukraine.

Al Jazeera · Dec 29, 2022

Volodymyr Zelenskiy calls Donbas situation ‘difficult and painful’

Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that the situation at the front in the Donbas region was "difficult and painful" and required all of the country's "strength and concentration".

Evening Standard · Dec 26, 2022

Ukraine's Zelenskiy: Situation at the front is "difficult and painful"

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that the situation at the front in the Donbas region was "difficult and painful" and required all of the country's "strength and concentration".

Reuters · Dec 26, 2022

In the ‘Bakhmut meat grinder’, deadlocked enemy forces slog it out

Ukrainians have the technical advantage but Russians persist in sacrificing troops to take an area with no strategic value

The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2022

Ukraine-Russia news – live: Putin’s drone attacks leave Odesa without power

‘The occupiers actually destroyed Bakhmut, another Donbas city that the Russian army turned into burnt ruins’, says Zelensky

The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2022