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Russia strikes shopping centre in eastern Ukraine with 500-kg bomb

At least four people were killed and 27 were injured in the Russian attack on the town of Dobropillia in Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, after Moscow forces struck a shopping centre here with a half-a-tonne aerial bomb.

17/07/2025

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Russia closes in on Ukraine's Pokrovsk in one of the war's key battles

A dire shortage of infantry troops coupled with Russian drone attacks on supply routes are weakening Ukraine's resistance in the key city of Pokrovsk.

07/02/2025

Ukraine

Fighting in Ukraine's Donetsk intensifies as Russia advances

Local media reported that Moscow launched 17 attacks in the Donetsk region in one day, killing and wounding several people.

05/02/2025

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Russia bombs the town of Dobropillia in Donetsk region, injuring two

Russia bombs the town of Dobropillia in the Donetsk region, injuring two women and damaging buildings.

31/01/2025

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Ukrainian soldiers call for more weapons as Russia gears up for attack

Ukrainian troops on the frontlines in the Donetsk region have called for more weapons to help fend off Russian advances in the region.

23/01/2025

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Ukrainian forces shoot down 60 Russian drones overnight

The attacks came in the aftermath of a large-scale attack on Donetsk a day earlier.

12/01/2025

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Russian forces advance despite record losses in Ukraine's Donetsk

As 2024 nears its end, Moscow troops continue to make steady progress across the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk, moving in on the towns of Pokrovsk and appearing to be closing in on Kurakhove further south.

23/12/2024

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Russian troops close in on eastern Ukraine's Pokrovsk

Russian troops are closing in on Pokrovsk from the east and south. According to different sources, Russian forces are between 1-3 km away from the city's logistics hub on the western edge of Ukraine's Donetsk region.

18/12/2024

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Russian offensive in Ukraine's Donetsk region gains momentum

Russian troops continue to push forward in eastern Ukraine, making significant advances in the western Donetsk region. They may now get closer and threaten important Ukrainian ground lines of communication running into eastern Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions.

26/11/2024

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Russian forces advance on Kurakhove and Pokrovsk in Ukraine's Donetsk

Russian troops have intensified attacks in multiple sectors of the eastern front, trying to break through Ukraine's defences in the Donetsk region toward the towns of Kurakhove and Pokrovsk.

13/11/2024

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War in Ukraine: Russia claims capture of Vyshneve in Donetsk

Russia claims it has seized control of Vyshneve village in Donetsk near the strategic hub of Pokrovsk, while Ukraine reports it has intercepted 66 of 96 drones launched by Russia.

03/11/2024

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Russian troops capture Ukrainian town of Selydove in Donetsk region

Reports say Russian forces have captured and occupied three settlements in eastern Ukraine amid Moscow’s push to gain control of the whole Donetsk region.

31/10/2024

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Russian forces enter Toretsk as battles rage in Donetsk region

The town in the eastern Donetsk region, once home to over 30,000, now has just 1,600 residents.

08/10/2024

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Locals urged to evacuate after second attack on Kostyantynivka

Zelenskyy condemned the Russian attack on the city in the Donetsk region, injuring one and damaging infrastructure, as "heinous evil".

04/10/2024

Ukraine

Vuhledar falls as Ukrainian forces withdraw after years of fighting

The Ukrainian stronghold in the Donetsk region has fallen to the Russian offensive, as it took Moscow over two years and a half to capture the town. What does this mean for the Russian invasion of Ukraine?

02/10/2024

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The storm of Vuhledar: Russian forces threaten from three sides

Russian forces have reached the outskirts of the town in the southeastern part of the Donetsk region, threatening the town with encirclement. What could the consequences be, especially for the Russian offensive of Pokrovsk?

25/09/2024

Ukraine

Forced from home: Oleh’s journey to escape Russian occupation

Most of the life of 17-year-old Oleh has been overshadowed by Russia's war against Ukraine. In 2022, he was forced to flee from Russian occupation via Mariupol and a Russian "filtration" camp.

07/09/2024

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Fears grow Ukraine's eastern city of Pokrovsk might fall to Russia

Hundreds of the city's residents are evacuating every day as Moscow's forces, less than 10 kilometres away, keep slowly advancing.

30/08/2024

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At least 11 dead in Russian strike on shopping mall in eastern Ukraine

"This is another targeted attack on a crowded place, another act of terror by the Russians," Donetsk regional head Vadym Filashkin said.

09/08/2024

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Ukraine army withdraws from part of Chasiv Yar as Russia inches closer

Months of Russian artillery strikes have devastated Chasiv Yar, leaving homes and offices charred. The town, which once had a population of 12,000, has been deserted.

04/07/2024