Ukraine Over 1 million people in Ukraine require evacuation from frontlines Over one million people in Ukraine need evacuation amid heavy Russian shelling and military assaults in the Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions in Eastern Ukraine. 22/08/2025
Ukraine Russian forces reportedly breach Ukrainian defences in eastern Donetsk Russian forces have intensified their push in eastern Ukraine, pushing towards the Dobropillia–Kramatorsk highway in Ukraine's Donetsk region, as Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns that Russia is redeploying its troops in preparation for a new offensive. 12/08/2025
Ukraine 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
Europe News 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
No Comment 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
Europe News 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
Europe News 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
Europe News 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
Europe News 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
Europe News 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
Europe News 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
Europe News 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
Europe News 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
Europe News 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
Europe News 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