The Latest Breaking News from Donetsk

Maria Lvova-Belova accused by Ukraine of organising capture of vulnerable children in Luhansk and Donetsk

These images purport to show the aftermath of a Ukrainian strike on a market in Ukraine’s eastern separatist Donetsk region as the war rages on in the area.

Up to 1,200 civilians may be holed up in the shelters of the Azot chemical plant in the eastern Ukrainian city where one of the fiercest battles of the war has been raging between Russian and Ukrainian forces, a Russian-backed separatist said. Russian forces are trying to grind down Ukrainian…

More than 500 civilians are trapped inside the Azot factory where Ukrainian troops have resisted weeks of Russian bombardment

Ukraine ignored a Russian ultimatum to surrender the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk on Wednesday as the United States announced more weapons for Kyiv, which warned that arms deliveries were taking too long.

Russian troops control about 80% of the fiercely contested eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk and have destroyed all three bridges leading out of it but Ukrainian authorities are still trying to evacuate the wounded, a regional official said Tuesday. Serhiy Haidai, governor of the eastern Luhansk region, acknowledged that a…

Battle for Sievierodonetsk is one of ‘most brutal’ seen in Europe, says Ukrainian president

Volodymyr Zelensky has released a passionate plea for military equipment in the battle to fight Vladimir Putin's forces in the east of Ukraine, as he labels fighting in Sievierodonetsk one of 'most brutal battles in Europe'

Civilians evacuated in ‘quiet’ moments as Russia shifts bulk of military efforts to capturing city

Ukrainian officials say all routes to evacuate thousands of civilians from the embattled key city have been cut off.

Fresh humanitarian supplies are also no longer possible in the epicenter for the battle of the Donbas.