The Latest Breaking News from Donbas

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says no one knows how long the war in his country will last but that Ukrainian forces are defying expectations by preventing Russian troops from overrunning eastern Ukraine

Severodonetsk has become epicentre of the battle in eastern Ukraine for control over the industrialised Donbas region

Ukraine ‘almost out of ammunition’; death sentences at a show trial; the battle for Sievierodonetsk

Spain this week confirmed an explosive report that it is considering supplying the Ukrainian army with dozens of Leopard 2 main battle tanks. The move would make Spain the first NATO-country to provide Kyiv with modern third-generation military vehicles and could heavily impact Ukraine’s chances in its battles against Russia…

As the war in Ukraine continues in the eastern Donbas region, Ukrainian soldiers are defending themselves against Russian troops with weapons delivered by Western countries, including France. One Ukrainian artillery brigade showed a team of reporters how they are using French-supplied mobile Caesar howitzer vehicles in their counter-offensive. Our colleagues…

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian forces were "holding on" in the flashpoint eastern city Severodonetsk where intense street battles with Russian troops could determine the fate of the Donbas region.

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Ukraine's defence ministry on Friday said it struck Russian military positions in the southern Kherson region, where the army is fighting to reclaim occupied territory. France offered to help ensure access to the port of Odesa and ease a global grain crisis. Read our live blog to catch up on…

Ukraine and the West denounced a pro-Moscow court that sentenced two British citizens and a Moroccan to death for fighting for Ukraine