The Donbas (UK: / dɒnˈbɑːs /, [3] US: / ˈdɒnbɑːs, dʌnˈbæs /; [4][5] Ukrainian: Донбас [donˈbɑs]; [6]) or Donbass (Russian: Донбасс [dɐnˈbas] [7]) is a historical, cultural, and economic region in eastern Ukraine. [8][9] The majority of the Donbas is occupied by Russia as a result of the Russo-Ukrainian War. [10][11][12]

The war in Donbas, [c] also known as the Donbas war, was a phase of the Russo-Ukrainian War in the Donbas region of Ukraine. The war began in April 2014 , when a commando unit headed by Russian citizen Igor Girkin seized Sloviansk in Donetsk oblast .

Jan 15, 2025 · Donbas, large mining and industrial region of southeastern Europe, notable for its sizable coal reserves. The industrial area of the Donbas includes much of the Ukrainian oblasti (provinces) of Donetsk and Luhansk.

5 days ago · Heavy fighting between Ukrainian and Russian troops in the southern Donbas is nearing its end as a new major battle begins in the region’s center. This year, the Russian army apparently plans to break through to Kramatorsk and Sloviansk from both the south and the north. However, this operation will require significant reserves, many of which are currently tied up on …

Feb 19, 2022 · Russian President Vladimir Putin has recognized two separatist territories in eastern Ukraine as independent states, ordering the deployment of Russian troops there in a dangerous gambit that...

May 26, 2022 · Russian forces are bombarding towns and cities in eastern Ukraine with the declared aim of "liberating" the old industrial heartland known as Donbas.

May 26, 2022 · Russian forces are bombarding towns and cities in eastern Ukraine with the declared aim of "liberating" the old industrial heartland known as Donbas.

3 days ago · The towns were part of a belt of Ukrainian defenses in the east. Russia’s other targets are the key logistics hub of Pokrovsk and the strategically important city of Chasiv Yar. Russia seeks to take control of all parts of Donetsk and neighboring Luhansk, which together make up Ukraine’s Donbas industrial region.

Apr 8, 2024 · On April 7, 2014, a coup by pro-Russian militants in the city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine was the spark that ignited the Donbas war. In the heart of this industrial region, populated at the...

Apr 15, 2022 · Fighting in Ukraine has rounded on Donbas, a sprawling and beleaguered heartland region that has suffered years of conflict and now serves as the bloody stage on which Russia’s war could be...