The Donbas is Ukraine’s easternmost region, stretching from Luhansk down to around Mariupol in the south and directly bordering Russia and Russian-held territory in southern Ukraine.

Russia is fighting to conquer the entire Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. To help civilians escape, the Ukrainian railway runs a free evacuation train out of the east. Here's what it's like.

The Donbas is mostly open countryside, giving both parties room to maneuver. Russian tanks will be able to traverse the land, but Ukrainians are dug into trenches, ...

The Donbas is completely destroyed," he said. "This is a deliberate and criminal attempt to kill as many Ukrainians as possible, to destroy as many houses, social facilities and enterprises as ...

Russia invaded and occupied about half of the Ukrainian region of Donbas in 2014. But in the unoccupied half, life continued mostly as normal. Until Feb. 24, 2022.

Russian troop movements in Ukraine, and what they mean for the war 05:36. U.S. officials expect the fighting to become more intense as Russia's main effort shifts to the Donbas region because more ...

Donbas is where the war began—and where Russia and Ukraine have been fighting since 2014 in a conflict that has killed more than 14,000 people, including 500 Russians.

In Donbas - the greater region encompassing Donetsk and other areas - "the region will defend itself, since the survival of Ukraine depends on the survival of Donbas." ...

Russia has made clear the Donbas is its next target, and people have been fleeing the region since last week. On Wednesday, the BBC's defence correspondent Jonathan Beale passed a 50-mile tailback ...

We get an update on the Donbas region of Ukraine, where Russian forces are now focused. Russia has backed a separatist movement in the Donbas since 2014 and used protecting the Russian-speaking ...

Russia’s military leadership is facing a fresh outburst of criticism after a Ukrainian strike killed dozens of newly mobilized soldiers in Russian-held territory in the east of the country.

‘Donbas is fiction’ — Kateryna Zarembo’s book dismantles Russian myths about Ukraine’s east. Kate Tsurkan. Wed, February 5, 2025 at 9:20 AM UTC. 11 min read.