The Latest Breaking News from Donetsk

Ukraine has reportedly sent its elite special-operations forces to Pokrovsk in a desperate attempt to stop Russia's invasion.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has recently claimed that Russian forces are making significant advances on the battlefield, though their progress has been slow and costly in troops and weapons.

NEWS ANALYSIS: Donald Trump suggests Ukraine should give up Donetsk province or risk being ‘destroyed’ by Vladimir Putin. He is wrong. Russia is making brutal, but only incremental, advances at an immense cost, reports world affairs editor Sam Kiley from Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine

Along Donetsk’s frontline, a small counteroffensive by Ukrainian troops aims to help change perceptions about the war among Kyiv’s western allies

For more than a decade, Russian aggression has made Ukraine’s Donetsk region synonymous with war

In once-occupied Sloviansk, war has become so routine that nobody pays attention to air-raid sirens

IN DEPTH: The US president has suggested Ukraine is in a position of strength as Russia is in ‘big economic trouble’. But experts tell Alex Croft that Kyiv will need support on the ground to reclaim occupied territory

Ukraine is gearing up for a new test from Russia as Vladimir Putin’s forces ramp up their campaign to seize Donetsk’s fortress belt.

Ukraine's armed forces face a challenging fall as Russia intensifies efforts to seize the eastern Donetsk region