The Latest Breaking News from Donbas

Russia vowed to continue its bloody offensive in Ukraine as the war neared its seventh week Wednesday, as President Vladimir Putin insisted the campaign was going as planned despite a major withdrawal and significant losses. Thwarted in their push toward the capital, Kyiv, Russian troops focused on the eastern region…

Russia is beefing up its forces for a new assault on Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, setting the stage for a protracted battle that is certain to inflict heavy losses on both sides as the Russians try to encircle Ukraine's fighters, analysts said.

‘It’s clear that we didn’t have a choice’, says Putin in rare public appearance

Putin is believed to be pouring tens of thousands of soldiers into the Donbas after the failure of his lightning invasion plan to seize Kyiv within days

Fierce fighting to erupt in the battle for the Donbas over the next two to three weeks, British defence chiefs say

The mayor of the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol says more than 10,000 civilians have died in the Russian siege of his city and the full death toll could surpass twice that number

Their demand comes after the Pentagon acknowledged sharing intel for eastern Ukraine.

Russia wants a ‘diminished’ victory in time for annual 9 May parade in Moscow, west believes

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia is concentrating tens of thousands of troops for its new assault.