The Latest Breaking News from Donetsk

In-person meeting came after Moscow accused Kyiv of ‘war crimes’ in separatist-held Donetsk, where Russian general Yevgeny Ilyin lived with family

The US embassy said Russian forces have illegally removed 2,389 Ukrainian children from the Donetsk and Luhanks oblasts to Russia, with reports of other refugees being "sent by rail to various economically depressed cities in Russia"

The Ukrainian port city of Mariupol has been devastated by relentless Russian bombardment.

Russia has established a no-fly zone over Ukraine's Donbass region, according to a separatist official from the Donetsk People's Republic, the Interfax news agency said on Friday.

Olga Semidyanova was killed while fighting in the Donetsk region

Olga Semidyanova, 48, died after being hit in the stomach during a battle in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, with her family saying she helped save others before her death on the front line

In Ukraine’s ongoing negotiations with Russia over its invasion, Vladimir Putin seems to be aiming at the very least to retain Crimea for Russia and ensure recognition for the Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics. These breakaway states claim much more territory than they control as of now, and to recognise…

The UN's top court is set to rule Wednesday on Ukraine's urgent request for Russia to immediately halt its invasion, with Kyiv claiming that Moscow falsely accused its pro-Western neighbor of genocide to justify the war. The International Court of Justice will hand down its judgement at 1500 GMT in…

War of words also escalates over military equipment supply lines and threats to attack them.