The Latest Breaking News from Donbas

Luhansk's local governor said on Saturday some progress had been made in pushing back Russian forces in the Donbas region. Meanwhile, Russian authorities reported that some Ukrainian military units were withdrawing from the strategic eastern city of Severodonetsk. Read about the day’s events as they unfolded on our liveblog. All…

Local governor says Ukrainian military has ‘pushed back’ Russian forces in battle for control of the city

Russia is making steady progress in the Donbas region.

Friday 3 June marks day 100 of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Moscow’s troops managed to occupy large stretches of the eastern Donbas region and secured a land bridge from Crimea. But Ukrainian troops have held their ground in the rest of the country, largely helped by weapons from the West.

Russian forces advanced deep into the ruined eastern factory city of Sievierodonetsk, but Ukrainian troops were still holding out on Friday as Russia's assault on its neighbour entered its 100th day. Ukraine's defense minister said his troops were already training in Europe to operate new, advanced missile systems pledged this…

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, on the 100th day since Russia's February 24 invasion, said his country will emerge victorious, as Russian troops pounded the Donbas region. Paris confirmed the death of a French national fighting as a volunteer in Ukraine. And at a meeting in Moscow on Friday, African Union…

Ukrainian forces have had some success fighting Russians in the city of Sievierodonetsk but the overall military situation in the Donbas region has not changed in the last 24 hours, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday.

Families have been torn apart and villages, towns and even cities turned into piles of rubble by the Russian invasion. Kim Sengupta reports from the Donbas where the conflict is intensifying

It’s now over 14 weeks since Vladimir Putin sent Russia’s military machine into Ukraine expecting a relatively easy victory. It’s fair to say that the “special military operation” is not panning out the way the Russian president or his planners had envisaged.