The Latest Breaking News from Donbas

UK defence chiefs also said low morale was ‘likely hindering Russian combat effectiveness’

Ukraine has repelled numerous Russian assaults along the line of contact in Donbas this week, a British military update said on Sunday.

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Russian and Ukrainian troops faced off Saturday along a 300-mile battlefront in the country’s east, where the Ukrainian military said its forces had beaten back more than half a dozen separate attacks. But punishing shellfire forced defenders to regroup in some areas.

Colonisation appears to have superseded ‘denazification’ in Putin’s military goals for eastern Ukraine

Russian troops are pressing their offensive in the eastern Donbas region in an attempt to fully seize Ukraine's industrial heartland but have made little headway as fierce Ukrainian counterattacks have slowed their efforts, Ukrainian and British officials said Saturday. Russia continues to fight for full control of the Donetsk and…

President’s warning comes after Russian military chief said forces want to seize southern Ukraine, in a move that could give access to Moldova

Russia and Ukraine are hurtling toward what could be an epic battle for control of the country’s industrial heartland

Ukraine’s security chief says the main battles in Ukraine are taking place in the Donbas, the industrial heartland in the east, with Russians deploying more and more troops every day

Vladimir Putin is said to be focused on taking total control of the Donbas region. Ukraine fears Russian troops in Transnistria - believed to number around 1,300 - could open another front in the war