The Latest Breaking News from Donetsk

Cinematographer Yaroslav Pilunskiy and film editor Ivan Bannikov are part of drone unit fighting Russians in Donetsk

For the past month, the world’s attention has reeled at the violence in Israel and Gaza. Meanwhile, the war in Ukraine has ground on, day by day, metre by metre. Fierce fighting has continued in the north-eastern Donetsk region as a Russian offensive has attempted – thus far unsuccessfully –…

Shakhtar Donetsk’s surprise 1-0 Champions League win against Barcelona was hailed by coach Marino Pusic as “only the beginning” for the club and an important step forward for football in beleaguered Ukraine.

Claims drone strike or debris from downed drone has caused fire in oil refinery near Black Sea in Russia

Moscow says more than 100 Ukrainian soldiers were killed in Yuzhno-Donetsk; Russian losses in Avdiivka may be its worst of 2023, says UK

Swedish minister said the damage to a telecommunications cable earlier in October was through external ‘tampering’

A recent intelligence report published by the UK’s Ministry of Defence about Russia’s attempt to capture the town of Avdiivka in the Donetsk region is the latest illustration of just how much the conflict in Ukraine is becoming a war of attrition. Russia’s push to mount a new offensive in…

Volodymyr Zelenskiy praises troops for holding their positions in areas including Avdiivka, where fighting is ‘particularly hot’

Major assault in Donetsk launched on Tuesday said to have resulted in serious losses for Moscow’s forces

“Today we had a busy day in your beautiful city of Odesa, which was dedicated to global and security issues,” Zelensky said

In this extract from his new book, Andy Brassell talks to Miguel Cardoso, who carried on coaching academy players in Ukraine during the war in Donbas