The Latest Breaking News from Donetsk

‘We are hearing more heavy firing,’ says a local teacher. ‘People are very worried’

Spiking tensions in eastern Ukraine on Friday aggravated Western fears of a Russian invasion and a new war in Europe, with a humanitarian convoy hit by shelling and pro-Russian rebels evacuating civilians from the conflict zone. A car bombing hit the eastern city of Donetsk, but no casualties were reported.…

The U.S. has warned that Russia is preparing to manufacture a pretext to invade Ukraine.

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Kremlin rattled already frayed tensions with the West by announcing plans to stage massive drills of Russia’s nuclear forces

Russian state media say a blast has occurred in Donetsk amid multiple US warnings of false flag incidents

Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics are Russian proxy states and could supply pretext for invasion

Russia's Vladimir Putin has decided to invade Ukraine within days, U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday after separatists backed by Moscow told civilians to leave breakaway regions on buses, a move the West fears is part of a pretext for an attack.

Emmanuel Macron says revival of peace accords from 2014 and 2015 ‘only path on which peace can be built’ as regional Russian aggression continues