The Latest Breaking News from Donetsk

Donetsk's city administration building hit by shelling - Russian-backed officials

Ukrainian forces shelling damaged the administration building in the city of Donetsk, the capital of the Donetsk region, Russian-backed administration of the city said on Sunday.

Reuters · Oct 16, 2022

Zelenskiy: Ukraine troops hold key town, Russia firing more missiles

Ukrainian troops are still holding the strategic eastern town of Bakhmut despite repeated Russian attacks while the situation in the Donbas region remains very difficult, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday.

Reuters · Oct 15, 2022

Ukraine completes exhumation of soldiers at Lyman mass grave

Ukrainian investigators have completed the exhumation of soldiers in one of two mass graves discovered after Russian troops retreated from the town of Lyman in eastern Donetsk region, police said on Friday.

Reuters · Oct 14, 2022

Signs of torture on bodies found in Ukraine town liberated from Russia

In recaptured Lyman, Kim Sengupta finds evidence of Russian atrocities and Ukrainian commanders ready to administer their own justice

The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2022

Russian strike on crowded market in town of Avdiivka kills 7 - Ukrainian governor

At least seven people were killed and eight injured in a Russian strike on a crowded market in the town of Avdiivka on Wednesday, the governor of Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region said.

Reuters · Oct 12, 2022

Ukraine exhumes dozens of bodies in two liberated eastern towns

Ukrainian authorities said on Tuesday they exhumed the bodies of dozens of people, including civilians and a one-year-old baby, to determine the cause of death following the retreat of Russian troops from two recently-liberated towns in the eastern Donetsk region.

Reuters · Oct 11, 2022

Bodies exhumed from mass grave in Ukraine's liberated Lyman

Covered head-to-toe in protective suits, forensic workers have pulled several bodies wrapped in black plastic from a mass grave in Ukraine’s devastated city of Lyman

The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2022

Shakhtar Donetsk will show fight like Ukrainian soldiers in Real Madrid game, says coach

"You can not destroy us. Our spirit, our unity. You can temporarily break the mood. But you cannot destroy us," Jovicevic told a news conference on Monday

The Hindu · Oct 10, 2022

Putin says Ukraine mobilisation should be finished in two weeks

Russia should be finished calling up reservists in two weeks, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, promising an end to a divisive mobilization that has seen hundreds of thousands of men summoned to fight in Ukraine and huge numbers flee the country.

Reuters · Oct 10, 2022

Russian forces ‘running and panicking’ during eastern retreat

Villagers describe withdrawal as most Russian soldiers fled but others were caught in Ukrainian attacks.

Al Jazeera · Oct 9, 2022