The Latest Breaking News from Donetsk

Ukrainians are confident they will win the war, but fears of a renewed Russian offensive in 2023 are growing.

Ukrainian and Russian troops battled in eastern regions on Thursday as Kyiv tried to push back occupying forces, while President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the West to provide his army with heavy tanks to boost their firepower. The Ukrainian military said the Russians were focused on an offensive in the Bakhmut…

A Russian missile attack destroyed an ice arena in the town of Druzhkivka in Ukraine's Donetsk region on Monday, the Ukrainian ice hockey federation said, after earlier reports of a missile hitting the town and injuring two people.

Russian nationalists and some lawmakers have demanded punishment for commanders they accused of ignoring dangers as anger grew over the killing of dozens of Russian soldiers in one of the deadliest strikes of the Ukraine conflict.

Kyiv claims 400 troops were killed in attack as Moscow makes rare admission of large-scale fatalities

The attack was one of the deadliest strikes on the Kremlin's forces since the start of the war 10 months ago. Ukraine claimed to have killed hundreds of Russian conscripts, but details are murky.

The New Year’s Eve attack on Russian troops in Makiivka could be Moscow’s largest single loss of life in the war in Ukraine

Russia is planning a lengthy campaign of attacks with Iranian drones to exhaust Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday, adding that the country had to “do everything” to resist. Earlier on Monday Ukraine's military took responsibility for a deadly attack on temporary accommodation for Russian soldiers in the city…

Russia said on Monday that 63 Russian soldiers had been killed in a Ukrainian New Year's Eve attack on their quarters, triggering furious criticism of the military leadership from lawmakers and pro-war bloggers.