The Latest Breaking News from Donetsk

Massive Night-Time Explosion Shows Russian Ammunition Warehouse Going Up In Smoke In Donetsk Region

Ukrainian forces reportedly hit a Russian ammunition depot in the Donetsk region at night, causing a massive explosion.

Zenger · Jul 5, 2022

Russian separatists seize two foreign ships in Mariupol - letters

Russian-backed separatists have seized two foreign-flagged ships in the eastern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, saying they are now "state property", in the first such moves against commercial shipping, letters seen by Reuters showed.

Reuters · Jul 5, 2022

Sloviansk mayor urges residents to flee city as Russia steps up shelling

Vadim Lyakh says 40 houses hit on Monday as Moscow shifts focus to main cities in Donetsk region after fall of Lysychansk

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2022

High Cost of Russia Gains in Ukraine Could Limit New Advance

After more than four months of ferocious fighting, Russia claimed a key victory: full control over one of the two provinces in Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland. But Moscow’s rout of the last remaining bulwark of Ukrainian resistance in Luhansk province came at a steep price. The critical question now is…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 5, 2022

Defiant Darijo Srna tells Shakhtar's truth as FIFA accused of Ukraine war failure

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Shakhtar Donetsk have been a club in exile for eight years but they have kept winning and they will not allow Russia's invasion of Ukraine to stop them, insists Director of Football and club legend Darijo Srna

Daily Mirror · Jul 5, 2022

High cost of Russia gains in Ukraine could limit new advance

After more than four months of ferocious fighting, Russia claimed full control over one of the two provinces in Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland

The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2022

Ukraine war latest: Enormous price for Russia's 'victory', a Snake Island flag, and the cost of Ukraine's recovery

Russian troops dominate the last free city in a key Ukrainian region and eye other targets, while negotiations over the Black Sea ramp up, are among today's developments in the war.

ABC News · Jul 5, 2022

Russia Shells Ukraine’s Donetsk Region Seeking New Gains after Seizing Luhansk

Russian forces struck targets across Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region on Tuesday, a day after President Vladimir Putin declared victory in the neighboring region of Luhansk after months of grueling attritional warfare in which both sides lost many men. The strikes across Donetsk, reported by regional officials and Russia's military, followed…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 5, 2022

Russia hammers Ukraine's Donetsk region after seizing Luhansk

Russian forces struck targets across Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region on Tuesday, a day after President Vladimir Putin declared victory in the neighbouring province of Luhansk after months of gruelling attritional warfare in which both sides lost many men.

Reuters · Jul 5, 2022

Ukraine-Russia latest updates: Donetsk governor urges evacuation

Ukraine news from July 5: Governor says mass evacuation will save lives and enable Ukraine to better fight Russians.

Al Jazeera · Jul 5, 2022