The Latest Breaking News from Donbas

Several Russian vehicles with the painted-on tag were spotted on tanks, self-propelled guns, fuel trucks and supply vehicles amid fears of an imminent invasion of Ukraine

MUNICH, Germany — With tens of thousands of Russian troops canceling withdrawal plans near Ukraine’s northern frontier, and as tensions intensified in the country’s eastern Donbas region, Western and Russian leaders continued to engage in a high-stakes dance Sunday mixing equal parts diplomatic bickering and military puffery — but with…

NOVOLUHANSK, Ukraine — At the first bang of the artillery shell, the troops scattered. Some sprinted inside a dilapidated tractor repair depot nearby. Mikhail, a 25-year-old Ukrainian soldier, crouched beside a wall. He paused for a moment, waiting for the thud of another shell to subside before he raced to…

The balance of power in the diplomatic battle is shifting constantly. But are any of the key players making real advances?

In a forest in the Moscow region, volunteers of Russian paramilitary group train in combat tactics. The volunteers, who have all fought in Ukraine’s breakaway Donbas region, say they are ready to fight on the battlefield and expect to be deployed in eastern Ukraine amid mounting fears of a Russian…

European Council urges Moscow to ‘de-escalate’ its military buildup; Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy says global security architecture is failing

The Ukrainian army is trying to make sure its message gets across in foreign media, but as FRANCE 24's Gulliver Cragg reports, it has not succeeded in drowning out Russian and separatist propaganda in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.

Reported explosion of police chief’s car follows Russian claims Ukrainian forces planning offensive

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