The Latest Breaking News from Donetsk

Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner were last week sentenced to death by a sham trial in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, leading to gloating by the Kremlin's state TV

This is the moment Ukrainian bomb experts bury a pile of unexploded missiles and military equipment and carry out a controlled explosion.

Jordan Gatley was shot dead in city of Severodonetsk where intense fighting has been raging for days.

LYSYCHANSK, Ukraine — How does a city die? To find out, turn to Severodonetsk, at the very edge of the Ukrainian government's control on the eastern front, and currently the focal point of the fight between its soldiers and the Russians who have invaded.

Russian forces have blown up a bridge linking the embattled Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk to another city across the river, cutting off a possible evacuation route for civilians, local officials said on Sunday. Sievierodonetsk has become the epicenter of the battle for control over Ukraine's eastern region of Donbas. Parts…

Regional governor says Azot plant, where hundreds of civilians are taking shelter, remains under Ukrainian control

The leader of the Russian-backed separatist Donetsk region of Ukraine said on Sunday there was no reason to pardon two British nationals who were sentenced to death last week after being captured while fighting for Ukraine.

Brahim Saadoun is a much-loved marine on active duty, they insist, and not a mercenary, as court in Donetsk claims

Severodonetsk has become epicentre of the battle in eastern Ukraine for control over the industrialised Donbas region