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Russian forces are amassing forces in Novooleonivka, Donetsk Oblast, and are preparing to attack Novoielyzavetivka. Source: ...

Donetsk is one of four regions of Ukraine that Russian President Vladimir Putin annexed when the invasion first escalated in 2022, making it one of the key battlegrounds for the war.

The year 2024 was brutal for Ukraine. Last winter saw the fall of Avdiivka when, after several months of brutal fighting, the ...

Russian forces are advancing in Ukraine's east using the tactic of infiltration in small groups, pushing Ukrainian troops out ...

Christmas in Pokrovsk was eerie. A transportation hub in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast, Pokrovsk had 60,000 residents before Russia widened its war on Ukraine in February 2022. Now very few people ...

Ukraine is facing an array of issues heading into 2025, underscored by anxiety about what the re-election of Donald Trump ...

The city of Pokrovsk, a vital delivery and distribution hub for Ukraine's forces across a wide part of the front line, is in ...

North Korean troops are suffering heavy losses in the fighting in Russia's Kursk region and also have supply issues including ...

Russia could soon capture the key southern Donetsk logistics hub of Pokrovsk, which would cap a year of material territorial gains in Ukraine.

Russia claimed on Wednesday that it took control of two more settlements in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region.

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