Russian forces are advancing in Ukraine's east using the tactic of infiltration in small groups, pushing Ukrainian troops out metre by metre. Source: Taras Chmut, the head of the Come Back Alive foundation,

The commander of Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk group of forces has been replaced following Russian advances in the region, a military official said Saturday. General Oleksandr Tarnavskiy would take over as head of the operational and tactical group ...

The entire year 2024 saw Ukrainian troops on the back foot, losing territory to the advancing Russian troops in northeastern Kharkiv Oblast and eastern Donetsk Oblast. Russia captured Avdiivka — an industrial city in Donetsk Oblast — in February,

Vladimir Putin was dealt a blow with Ukraine's incursion into Russia's Kursk oblast but his forces ended the year with momentum in the Donbas.

The general who has been been overseeing fighting in eastern Ukraine has been fired as Russia makes its fastest advances since the war began and closes in on a key territory.

The city of Pokrovsk, a vital delivery and distribution hub for Ukraine's forces across a wide part of the front line, is in danger of being encircled.

Shchedryk, known in the world as Carol of the Bells, was performed near the legendary sign marking the entrance to Donetsk Oblast, known as a stele. Officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs played the song.

Russia could soon capture the key southern Donetsk logistics hub of Pokrovsk, which would cap a year of material territorial gains in Ukraine.

A key point on the Ukrainian defensive line, Pokrovsk is a logistical hub that supports both offensive and defensive operations in the region. The Russian forces have been trying to capture it for months,

Pope Francis urged Catholic priests on Sunday to guard against spiritual groups that stoke political divisions, speaking during a one-day visit to Corsica, the first by a pontiff to the French Mediterranean island.

Fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces continues in urban areas in Kurakhove, Toretsk, and Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region. Russia has changed its tactics and is trying to block the logistics of the Ukrainian forces instead of frontal assaults,