The Latest Breaking News from Donetsk

In the last specialist maternity ward still under Ukrainian control in the eastern Donbas region, the windows are packed with sandbags. Rooms used for births at the Perinatal Centre in the city of Pokrovsk follow the two-wall rule, which says the safest parts of a building are separated from the…

Heavy shelling thought to be reprisal for Ukraine attack or preamble to renewed offensive on Donetsk cities

The death toll under a collapsed apartment block in the Donetsk region town of Chasiv Yar climbed to 35 on Tuesday, with rescue work still not over four days after the building was hit by Russian rocket fire, emergency services said.

The Ukrainian military on Tuesday reported destroying a Russian ammunition depot in southern Ukraine, resulting in a massive explosion captured on social media, while authorities said the death toll from a weekend Russian strike in the country's east grew to 41. An overnight rocket strike targeted the depot in Russian-held…

A Russian ammunition depot was apparently targeted by Ukrainian forces overnight, resulting in a massive blast captured on social media

A child is among the dead following the strike on the Donetsk region town, as rescue operations continue.

Death toll from strike on Donetsk town of Chasiv Yar has risen to 34, local official says, as intense battles rage across region.

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Ukrainian miltiary intelligence said Tuesday that its troops had rescued five Ukrainians in a special operation in the southern Kherson region, which is occupied by pro-Russia forces. The rescue came as Ukraine said it struck Russian military units and an ammunitions depot in Kherson, where Moscow-backed authorities claimed seven people…