Russian forces took control of two more settlements in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region, Russia's Defence Ministry said on Saturday, the latest in a series of gains it has reported in its steady advance westward.

The analytical project DeepState reported on the night of 17-18 January that Russian troops had advanced in multiple settlements in Kharkiv and Donetsk Oblast. Source: DeepState Details: Based on DeepState’s data,

Russia has seized control of some of Ukraine’s prized lithium reserves since it launched its all-out invasion in 2022, potentially depriving Kyiv of a key economic resource.

Russia's defense ministry says its troops have taken control of a logistics support base of Ukrainian forces in the Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine. It asserts that the move will help strengthen its offensive in Donetsk.

A road accident claimed the lives of three people in the occupied town of Ilovaisk in Donetsk Oblast on Sunday, 12 January. Source: Novyny Donbasu, a local news outlet, citing Russian occupying authorities Details: A bus travelling from Krasnodar to Donetsk got into an accident at 05:30.

Once home to 18,000 people, this bombed-out town has been turned into rubble over the past few months. The question now is: will it open the road to Pokrovsk, a major logistics hub for Ukraine in the eastern front?

Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine's army now has roughly 880,000 soldiers, while approximately 600,000 Russian troops are fighting against Kyiv's forces.

Russia has been moving through Toretsk for many months, claiming more of the Donetsk city that has been a Ukrainian stronghold and the gateway to the logistics hub of Kostiantynivka, to the ...

Russia said Tuesday it had re-captured two Ukrainian villages in the eastern Donetsk region that Kyiv had wrested back from Russian control earlier in the conflict.

Russia's defence ministry said on Saturday the army had gained control of the settlement of Shevchenko, near the logistical centre of Pokrovsk, a key Russian target in its advance through Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region.

Trump, who vowed during his campaign to settle the war in 24 hours, changed that time frame earlier this month, voicing hope that peace could be negotiated in six months. His nominee for envoy to Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, says a deal could be brokered in 100 days.