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Donetsk is an industrial city in Ukraine located in the Donbass region, which has been controlled by pro-Russian separatists since 2014.

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A man holds a Donetsk People's Republic document in his hand

Espionage: 'Donetsk People's Republic' a terror group?

The German Federal Public Prosecutor's Office says so, but what are the legal consequences?
PoliticsApril 25, 2024
A Ukrainian soldier sits in his position in Avdiivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine

Ukraine: Russian forces continue their push into Avdiivka

Only rubble seems to be left of Avdiivka, but for Russia taking it has become a priority.
ConflictsFebruary 13, 202402:16 min
People remove debris at a food market following what local Russian-installed authorities say was a Ukrainian military strike

Russia blames Kyiv for deadly blasts in Donetsk

Ukrainian forces have denied claims by Kremlin-installed officials that they killed at least 25 people in Donetsk.
ConflictsJanuary 22, 202401:05 min
Two men sit on a bench with their backs to the camera in front of a wall with dozens of photos of Ukrainian soldiers killed in the war. The man on the right is in uniform, and has put his arm around the other.

Ukraine: Life goes on in wartime

For nearly two years, Ukrainians have been living with the consequences of Russia's invasion. There's no end in sight.
ConflictsJanuary 3, 202411 images
Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with servicemen involved in the special military operation at Vishnevsky Central Military Clinical Hospital on January 1, 2024

Russia to 'intensify' attacks on Ukraine, Putin warns

The Russian president vowed to step up attacks on "military installations" following Ukraine's strike on Belgorod.
ConflictsJanuary 1, 2024
Ukrainian soldiers on a break from the front line listen to a 'musician in uniform'

Musicians boost morale among Ukrainian front-line troops

DW reports from the front line in the eastern Donetsk region, where musicians in uniform are trying to keep spirits up.
ConflictsDecember 25, 202303:12 min
Danylo Sikan celebrates his goal against Barcelona

Shakhtar Donetsk hoping to 'bring joy to people' in Ukraine

For the players it's not just about football, but about making sure the world doesn't forget about war-torn Ukraine.
SoccerNovember 7, 2023
A bombed out building in Mariupol

One year on: Life in Russian-annexed eastern Ukraine

One year ago, Russia announced the annexation Ukraine’s Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhya regions.
ConflictsSeptember 30, 2023
Ukraine | Druzhkivka, Donetsk region | Soldiers running and trying to hide while being shelled

Ukrainian soldiers shelled at Donetsk training camp

DW was filming a Ukrainian soldiers’ unit training for the frontlines, when suddenly they were shelled by cluster bombs.
ConflictsJuly 22, 202302:12 min
Patriot missile defense system in Schwesing, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Ukraine updates: Germany says Patriots delivered to Kyiv

The Patriot system is used to combat enemy aircraft, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles. DW has the latest.
ConflictsApril 19, 2023
A destroyed apartment block in Avdiivka, Donetsk region

Ukraine updates: Russia suffers tank losses in Donetsk

Russia has lost tanks in the town of Avdiivka due to "tactically flawed" assaults, according to British intelligence.
ConflictsMarch 28, 2023
Ukraine Russland Krieg Soledar Donetsk

Ukraine updates: Kyiv says situation in Soledar 'difficult'

Kyiv is facing a "difficult situation" in the fight against Russian forces for control over Soledar. DW has the latest.
ConflictsJanuary 12, 2023
Destruction in Bakhmut

Ukraine updates: Russia 'cease-fire' ends, strikes intensify

Russian bomb attacks have killed at least one in eastern Ukraine, as Moscow ended a self-declared truce. DW has more.
ConflictsJanuary 8, 2023
The logo of the Russian private military company, the Wagner Group

North Korea sold arms to Russia's Wagner Group, says US

Pyongyang is defying UN sanctions to provide weapons to Russia's Wagner Group, the US has said.
ConflictsDecember 23, 2022
Debris from the MH17 crash

MH17 trial: What you need to know

The main trial in the case of the Boeing 777 shot down over eastern Ukraine has come to a close in the Netherlands.
Law and JusticeNovember 17, 2022
Anti-tank hedgehogs block the streets in downtown Bakhmut as fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russian troops intensifies

Ukraine updates: Ukrainian forces hold out in Donbas city

Ukraine's Zelenskyy has said forces are holding out near the city of Bakhmut amid Russian shelling. DW has the latest.
ConflictsOctober 16, 2022
A vehicle of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delivering boxes with medical supplies in Luhansk in April

Ukraine updates: Red Cross demands access to POWs

Meanwhile, Ukraine says it has has retaken 600 settlements in the past month. DW rounds up the latest.
ConflictsOctober 14, 2022
A helicopter is seen putting the fire out at the Kerch bridge

Ukraine: Explosion damages Crimea bridge

Russian media said a truck bomb targeted the Kerch Bridge and caused fuel cisterns to catch fire. DW has the latest.
ConflictsOctober 8, 2022
Ukrainian flag waves in a residential area heavily damaged in the village of Dolyna in Donetsk Oblast

Russia 'regrouping' after Ukraine advances on two fronts

Russian forces are said to be "regrouping" as Kyiv claims gains in three of four regions Moscow claims to have annexed.
PoliticsOctober 5, 2022
A large poster in separatist-controlled Luhansk reads: "Our choice — Russia"

What awaits the people in Russian-annexed Ukraine?

Russia has annexed large swathes of southern and eastern Ukraine. What comes now?
PoliticsOctober 2, 2022
People in a room, soldier in the foreground

Ukraine: Eyewitnesses on the sham referendums

A record turnout, say the Russian occupiers, a sham according to Ukrainian observers — eyewitnesses give their accounts.
PoliticsSeptember 28, 2022
Mobile ballot boxes for home voting in a so-called "referendum" on joining Russia held in Luhansk

'Referendums' continue in occupied Ukraine

Russia's sham vote in occupied Ukrainian territories has continued, amid claims locals have been barred from leaving.
ConflictsSeptember 24, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (2nd from right) in Samarkand on September 16, 2022

Did China influence Putin's change of tack?

A former Putin adviser tells DW he sees the hand of Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Russian leader's recent moves.
PoliticsSeptember 24, 2022
Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaks during an interview in Kyiv

Russian annexation vote 'not a referendum'

Petro Poroshenko told DW that Moscow could use the so-called referendums to justify further attacks
ConflictsSeptember 23, 2022
A local election commission member seals mobile ballot boxes at a polling station during a referendum on joining Russia in the Donetsk People's Republic

Russia-staged 'referendums' start in seized Ukrainian areas

Ukraine and the West have described the Moscow-organized vote as a "sham." DW has the latest.
ConflictsSeptember 23, 2022
Bundeswehr soldier and tank at sunset in Lithuania

Ukraine's advances heighten calls for German tanks

Germany is under pressure to deliver high-tech battle tanks but Chancellor Olaf Scholz isn't convinced.
PoliticsSeptember 12, 2022
Russia's President Vladimir Putin makes remarks at the opening of the Army 2022 International Military and Technical Forum

Ukraine updates: Moscow 'ready to offer' weapons to allies

Meanwhile, the UK says the Kremlin is planning a vote for the Donetsk region to join Russia. DW rounds up the latest.
ConflictsAugust 15, 2022
Zaporizhzhia nuclear power complex reactors seen in March 2022

Fresh shelling at Ukraine nuclear plant

Ukraine has said Russian shells landed close to where radioactive material is stored. Follow DW for the latest.
ConflictsAugust 12, 2022
The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Enerhodar, Ukraine

Ukraine updates: Parts of nuclear plant 'seriously damaged'

Ukraine says Russian shelling at the Zaporizhzhia plant poses serious safety risks. DW rounds up the latest.
ConflictsAugust 6, 2022
A soldier with a Russian flag on his uniform stands guard near the Zaporizhzhia power plant

Kyiv, Moscow trade blame over nuclear plant shelling

The two sides both accused each other of carrying out three strikes on the Zaporizhzhia plant. DW rounds up the latest.
ConflictsAugust 5, 2022
A lifeless covered body lies on the ground after shelling in Donetsk, which is under control of the Russia-backed Government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine

Heavy fighting reported on Donetsk outskirts

Both Russia and Ukraine say the suburbs of Donetsk are besieged by heavy fighting. Follow DW for the latest.
ConflictsAugust 4, 2022
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses the media

Ukraine updates: UN to look into attack that killed POWs

The UN chief said a fact-finding mission will "truth about what has happened" in Olenivka. DW rounds up the latest.
PoliticsAugust 3, 2022
In this photo taken from video, a view of destroyed barrack at a prison in Olenivka, in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces, eastern Ukraine, Friday, July 29, 2022.

ICRC: No access to prison where Ukrainian POWs were killed

The Red Cross said it had yet to get approval to visit a prison where dozens of prisoners died. DW rounds up the latest.
ConflictsJuly 31, 2022
A man stands in the middle of the rubble of a school outside of Kramatorsk in Donetsk region on July 25, 2022

Ukraine: Zelenskyy orders Donetsk evacuations

Meanwhile, Kyiv said the Ukrainian military killed scores of Russian soldiers in Kherson. DW rounds up the latest.
ConflictsJuly 30, 2022
A soldier stands guard next to a wall of a prison in Olenivka, controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces, eastern Ukraine, Friday, July 29, 2022

Ukraine updates: Zelenskyy condemns attack on POW prison

Meanwhile, Blinken and Lavrov spoke for the first time since the beginning of the war. DW rounds up the latest.
ConflictsJuly 30, 2022
Ukraine Feuerwehrleute löschen ein Feuer in einem beschossenen Haus in Bakhmut

Ukraine: How Russia's war aims are changing

Since the start of the invasion of Ukraine, Moscow's stated aims have repeatedly shifted. DW has this summary.
ConflictsJuly 29, 2022
A rocket attack earlier this week on Sloviansk

Ukraine updates: Russia appears to restart Donbas attacks

Russian forces appear to be resuming their attacks in Donbas offensives near the city of Sloviansk, a report says.
PoliticsJuly 16, 2022
Golden State Warriors hold trophy

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SportsJune 17, 2022
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Can Turkey ever be an honest broker after so much double-dealing in the past?
PoliticsJune 16, 202226:01 min
Burned out buildings in Mariupol

Russia's 'filtration' of civilians fleeing Ukraine

The Russian army has set up so-called filtration camps to screen civilians for political views before evacuation.
ConflictsApril 28, 2022
A man leaves a Donetsk army conscription center

Ukraine separatists draft anyone they can

Recruitment drives in the 'Luhansk and Donetsk Republics' were launched just days before Russia invaded Ukraine.
PoliticsApril 27, 2022
Players of Shakhtar Donetsk hold Ukrainian flags on their shoulders before their friendly charity football match against Olympiacos

Shakhtar Donetsk: A football club fleeing war

Ukrainian giants Shakhtar Donetsk have been homeless since 2014, living a nomadic existence in their own country.
SportsApril 20, 2022
Russian soldiers ride on top of a tank with a Z marking

Russia is attacking in Donetsk, Luhansk, Ukraine says

Russian troops have allegedly started "an attempt" to break through Ukrainian positions in the east. DW has the latest.
ConflictsApril 18, 2022
A blood splattered sidewalk outside the Kramatorsk rail station

Ukraine: 52 people die in rocket strike on Kramatorsk

At least 52 dead after rocket attack on a crowded train station with people fleeing the eastern Ukrainian city.
ConflictsApril 8, 2022
A man rides a bicycle in front of wrecked busses in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol under the control of Russian military and pro-Russian separatists

Ukraine warns Russia wants to split country

Ukraine's intelligence chief has accused Russia of intending to split the country in two.
ConflictsMarch 27, 2022
This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows the Mariupol Drama Theater on Monday, before it was destroyed on Wednesday

Ukraine: Mariupol theater bomb shelter holds after blast

Officials said the theater's bomb shelter, where hundreds had been hiding when an airstrike hit, withstood the attack.
ConflictsMarch 17, 2022
A Russian tank pictured on February 27 in Crimea, near the border with UkraineCrimea

Fact check: Russia falsely blames Ukraine for starting war

Russian says it is acting to end the "systematic extermination of the Donbass population" supposedly ongoing since 2014.
PoliticsMarch 4, 2022
Ukraine Kiew Anwohner am Unabhängigkeitsplatz

Hybrid war began before Russian invasion

Russia has already been using weapons like malware and disinformation against Ukraine for eight years.
PoliticsFebruary 25, 2022
Flame and smoke rise from the debris of a private house in the aftermath of Russian shelling outside Kyiv

Russia launches major Ukraine invasion — as it happened

Biden said "Putin is the aggressor," and that he and his country would bear the consequences.
PoliticsFebruary 24, 2022
UEFA Chapions League | Shakhtar Donetsk vs Real Madrid | Dentinho

Brazilians ask for help leaving top Ukrainian clubs

Brazilian footballers from Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv have appealed to their government for help leaving Ukraine.
SportsFebruary 24, 2022