The Latest Breaking News from Donetsk

At least four people were killed and 27 were injured in the Russian attack on the town of Dobropillia in Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, after Moscow forces struck a shopping centre here with a half-a-tonne aerial bomb.

The Kremlin has been granted extra time to pursue its summer offensive against Ukraine thanks to Trump’s 50-day window for Russia to accept a peace deal or face sanctions

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Russian military reportedly targeted residential areas and social and key infrastructure in several oblast communities, according to the Ukrainian authorities.

As Kyiv was dealt new blows on the front lines, Ukrainian troops continued to strike targets within Russia.

An emboldened Russia has ramped up military offensives on two fronts in Ukraine

Here are the key events on day 1,223 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Russian troops keep pushing into Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, claiming they have reached the administrative border. Kyiv denied their presence in central Ukrainian region, saying this is not the first time Moscow troops make similar claims.

Even though neither leader met in the Istanbul summits, Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky have met before

Delegations from Ukraine and Russia met for a second time in Istanbul in a month on June 2, 2025. Missing, again, were the country’s two leaders.

The frontlines in the Russo-Ukrainian conflict have largely been bogged down, with little significant movement on either side. It was reported recently that Russian troops had only advanced about 25 miles in the eastern sector near Donetsk in one year, at a huge cost in terms of casualties. As a…