The Latest Breaking News from Donbas

Russia's main goal of its military operation in Ukraine is to protect the Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics, the Kremlin said on Monday, after the leader of one of the separatist regions asked for additional forces from Moscow.

Officials will be going to Brussels on Wednesday with a breakdown of what is needed to counter Russian forces, writes Kim Sengupta, with Kyiv insisting that supplies can make a critical difference in the Donbas

Russian forces tightened their grip on the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk and cut off the last routes for evacuating citizens, a Ukrainian official said on Monday - a scene that echoed Moscow's assault on Mariupol last month. Amid heavy Russian bombardment, regional governor Sergei Gaidai said on social media…

Moscow’s troops now control about 70% of the key city of Severodonetsk and are trying to cut off around 500 locals sheltering in an industrial complex - just like Mariupol

Filmed in 1931, this experimental film about Ukraine’s industrial might captures the revolutionary upheaval of its era with bold cuts and uproarious sound cues

Russia's Defence Ministry said on Monday its missiles had destroyed a large quantity of weapons and military equipment in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, including some that had been sent by the United States and European nations.

Day after day, Russia is pounding the Donbas region of Ukraine with relentless artillery and air raids, making slow but steady progress to seize the industrial heartland of its neighbor

Ukrainian investigators exhumed seven bodies from makeshift graves in a forest near Bucha on Monday as Kyiv said its forces had been pushed back from the centre of Severodonetsk, the epicentre of a wider battle for control of the eastern Donbas region. All times Paris time (GMT+2).

Russia may have “to rely on new recruits” as it seeks to advance in Ukraine, according to new intelligence from the Ministry of Defence (MoD).

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