The Latest Breaking News from Donetsk

Pro-Russian separatist regions in Donbas declared independence from Kyiv in 2014

Andrew Hill, from Plymouth, is apparently being held in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine and being made to read a statement renouncing the involvement of mercenary fighters in Ukraine

Pro-Russian separatist regions in Donbas declared independence from Kyiv in 2014

Ukrainian authorities attempted further evacuations from Mariupol on Monday, following an initial operation to remove around 100 civilians from the besieged Azovstal steel plant. Meanwhile, in Brussels, EU energy ministers held emergency talks as the bloc considers a phasing out of Russian oil imports. Read about the day’s events as…

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Russia carried out missile strikes across southern and eastern Ukraine on Saturday, Ukrainian officials said, and some women and children were evacuated from a steel plant in the besieged city of Mariupol after sheltering there for over a week.

Ukrainian forces have shelled and damaged an oil depot in the city of Donetsk in the country's east which is held by Russian-backed separatists, the RIA news agency quoted a separatist official as saying on Friday.

Russia has fired two missiles into the Ukrainian capital Kyiv during a visit by the UN secretary-general, with one hitting the lower floor of a residential building and injuring at least three people, the city's mayor says.

Men under 65 are spending their days in hiding, leaving wives and sisters to take over their jobs