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Former Albanian MP Myslym Murrizi has strongly reacted to Prime Minister Edi Rama's statements on European integration, bringing up allegations about an Ukrainian caught in Germany who reportedly worked with Rama's brother in a call center.
Consumers in seven Ukrainian oblasts, including Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, and Kharkiv, continue to experience temporary electricity outages as a result of ongoing hostilities and Russian attacks on energy infrastructure.
Agents of the "ATESH" partisan movement conducted two simultaneous acts of sabotage on a railway section between Stary Oskol and Urazove in the Kharkiv region, disrupting Russian supply lines in the Kupiansk sector.
The Kremlin has initiated a large-scale propaganda campaign in the temporarily occupied Donetsk region of Ukraine to mark the 12th anniversary of the self-proclaimed 'Donetsk People’s Republic' (DPR), while actively concealing Russia's role in its formation.
Russian troops have reportedly advanced in the settlement of Hryshyne on the Pokrovsk front in Donetsk Oblast. Ukraine's 7th Rapid Response Corps and military analysts DeepState confirmed the ongoing small-arms fighting.
Trenutno smo pod ukrajinskom gasnom blokadom, ali možemo nadoknaditi gubitak sa juga, ako se ta pupčana vrpca preseče, mađarska ekonomija će stati, poručio je premijer Viktor Orban.
Ukraine's 425th assault regiment, known as Skelia, experienced a significant defeat near Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region, sparking criticism and conflict within the military leadership.
Ukrainian intelligence reports indicate that Russian forces are struggling due to the Kremlin's policies, as the war in Ukraine continues.
EU parliamentarians are demanding the removal of a Russian employee, who previously worked as a translator for Kremlin chief Putin, from the election observer mission in Hungary, sparking controversy.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a bill that would rename the Palm Beach airport after Donald Trump. The decision follows Florida's approval last year of a plan to donate land in downtown Miami for Trump's presidential library, with the airport renaming requiring FAA approval and administrative procedures.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged Russia to agree to a mutual halt on strikes against energy infrastructure, citing the global energy crisis exacerbated by the Middle East conflict and signals from partner countries.
A drone strike, reportedly by Ukraine, triggered a fire at Russia's major Baltic port of Ust-Luga, a key oil exporting hub, causing new damage after being hit for a second time in days, with regional governor Alexander Drozdenko reporting 36 drones shot down.
The Kremlin has denied reports that President Vladimir Putin pressured leading Russian businessmen to donate money to stabilize the country's finances for the Ukraine war, clarifying that while contributions are welcomed, they are voluntary. This comes after earlier reports indicated Putin was demanding funds from oligarchs for the ongoing conflict.
Emergency water supply schedules are being implemented in Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast after Russian forces destroyed a dam on the Siverskyi Donets River, with current water reserves expected to last only about two weeks.
A woman was killed and others injured after Russian forces launched nine aerial bombs in a strike on Druzhkivka in Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast on March 24.
Russian attacks on Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, Sumy, and Kharkiv oblasts on March 22 resulted in four deaths and eleven injuries.
A Russian drone attack in Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast has resulted in one fatality and four injuries, including a child.
Russian forces attacked the village of Maydan in the Donetsk region with drones, resulting in the death of a 63-year-old woman and injuries to four others, including a 15-year-old child.
On March 21, Ukrainian defense forces struck a command post belonging to a unit of the Center for Advanced Unmanned Technologies "Rubicon" and a command and observation post of a Russian Armed Forces…
A Russian helicopter was reportedly shot down by a Ukrainian FPV drone in Donetsk Oblast, according to the Kyiv Independent.
Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to control the settlements of Fedorivka Druha, Kleban-Byk, Pleshchiivka, and Ivanopillia in the Donetsk region, while pushing back Russian forces near Berezove.
A military analyst has identified the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia fronts as key, stating that the Zaporizhzhia direction is particularly crucial and could determine which side gains an advantage in the war.
Ukraine's 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Brigade has reported that it has repelled another Russian assault on the south-western outskirts of the city of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk Oblast.
Russian authorities intend to resettle nearly 114,000 Russians in occupied Ukrainian territories, including Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions, by 2045, according to their 'development plans'.
Over the past 24 hours, on March 16, Russian invaders killed five residents of the Donetsk region and wounded six others.
Soldiers of the 144th Center of the Special Operations Forces (SOF) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have released a video showing the clearing of a house near Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region that had been occupied by Russian troops.
Russia has converted the Donetsk airport into a drone base. Satellite image ©2026 Vantor. Russia has expanded a months-old drone base near the front lines, new satellite imagery shows. The imagery shows more launch rails, storage bunkers, and construction at the Donetsk airport. The recent developments come as Russia continues to invest in its attack drone operations. Russia has been expanding a drone base near the front lines in eastern Ukraine, adding more launch positions and storage fac...
Ukrainian drone operators from the 412th Nemesis Brigade and the 7th Rapid Response Corps destroyed several Russian command posts near the temporarily occupied city of Selidove in the Donetsk region, 20 km behind the front line.
Approximately 2,800 civilians are still present in the Kostiantynivka community in Donetsk Oblast, where mass evacuations are not feasible due to security concerns, leading to only isolated evacuations being carried out.
Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces destroyed a Russian Buk-M1 surface-to-air missile system in the temporarily occupied part of Zaporizhzhia Oblast and struck a number of other Russian facilities in the occupied parts of Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts as well as in Crimea on the night of 10-11 March.
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Denis Pushilin, the Moscow-installed head of the occupied Donetsk region in Ukraine, told Russian President Vladimir Putin that Ukraine now controls only a small percentage of the region. This claim was made during a meeting broadcast on state television.
Russian forces carried out an airstrike on the central part of Sloviansk in Donetsk Oblast, killing two people and injuring 17 others, including a 14-year-old girl.
In the afternoon of March 8, Russian troops attacked the village of Ukrainka in the Kherson region with a drone, injuring a man.
Ukraine's defense forces attacked a Pantsir-S1 air defense system, a BK-16 boat, and Russian command posts in Crimea, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, and Belgorod oblasts.
A de facto court in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian region of Donetsk sentenced Georgian citizen and lawyer Beka Basilaia to 14 years in absentia for allegedly participating in hostilities.
The Russians will not give up the war. They are preparing an offensive here for the spring, President Volodymyr Zelensky said during a visit to the Donetsk region.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the front line in the Donetsk region, stating that Russia is preparing for its spring offensive in the area.
During his trip to the Donetsk region, President Volodymyr Zelensky met with soldiers of the 100th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces.
The SSU's counterintelligence service detained the Russian agent who had been preparing an explosion at a TCC building in the Donetsk region.
Russian forces have hit a civilian ship sailing under the Panamanian flag in the Black Sea, resulting in injuries among the crew.
Russian forces are attempting to advance towards the central areas of Hryshyne in the Donetsk region, with fighting ongoing in the eastern part of the village.
Residents in the Donetsk, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, and Chernihiv regions of Ukraine were left without electricity this morning following new Russian attacks.
Six people were killed in Russian attacks across Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, according to the regional military administration chief. Localities were bombed 13 times.
Russian troops killed six and wounded 19 residents of the Donetsk region over the past day, March 2, while Ukrainian forces maintain control of Fedorivka and Riznykivka.
Five people were killed and 13 others wounded in the Donetsk region as a result of morning shelling in Kramatorsk and Druzhkivka.
Russian troops killed one resident of the Donetsk region yesterday, March 1.
The Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the night of March 1 destroyed an Imbir radar station and a launcher-loader self-propelled unit of the S-300V surface-to-air missile system, deployed by Russian forces near the temporarily occupied city of Mariupol in the Donetsk region.
Crews of the Lasar's Group, a separate special purpose detachment of the National Guard of Ukraine, destroyed two Russian BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket systems in the Donetsk region.
On February 28, the Unmanned Systems Forces of Ukraine's Armed Forces destroyed an enemy S-300V anti-aircraft missile system radar station in Donetsk region using a Ukrainian middle strike drone.
Russian forces launched attacks on Donetsk and Kherson oblasts, resulting in 11 injuries and significant damage to residential buildings and infrastructure.
Ukrainian forces have released footage of Russian troops using white phosphorus munitions – incendiary weapons notorious for causing widespread fires and inflicting severe, indiscriminate burns – to strike a residential area of the city of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk Oblast.
Despite Russian claims of capture, the settlements of Minkivka, Riznykivka, Yampil, and Zakitne in the Donetsk region remain under the control of Ukraine’s Defense Forces.
Russia attacked railway infrastructure in Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk oblasts, and also struck the territory of a children's railway in Kharkiv Oblast on the night of 25-26 February.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces struck a number of enemy targets on the night of February 25 in the temporarily occupied territories of the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions, as well as in temporarily occ
Russian troops wounded three residents of the Donetsk region over the past day, February 24.
Kramatorsk, the largest city in Ukraine's Donetsk region still under Ukrainian control, is increasingly being abandoned by its residents as Russia seeks to control it at all costs.
Quatro anos após início da invasão em grande escala, Presidente ucraniano rejeita entregar territórios estratégicos de Donetsk, Kherson e Zaporijia e defende pressão para travar Rússia.
In the Chasiv Yar area of the Donetsk region, the Russian army is deploying tanks and armored vehicles this week, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine are detecting and eliminating the enemy as they approach.
The Unmanned Systems Forces of Ukraine's Armed Forces successfully targeted two Russian Tor surface-to-air missile systems in the Donetsk region and an oil depot in the Luhansk region during the night of February 22.
Russia attacked the railway infrastructure in the Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, and Odesa regions overnight.
Ukrainian troops have pushed Russian troops back in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, while the Russians advanced in Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast.
Ich war fast 30 Jahre alt, als ich Friedas Namen fand: auf den zahlreichen Listen der Bürgerrechtler von Memorial, der Menschenrechtsorganisation, die Russland nun als «extremistisch» eingestuft hat.
A Russian attack on Balabyne in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region has resulted in one confirmed death and an injury toll that has risen to four.
Leaked audio clips purportedly show Hungary's government, led by Prime Minister Viktor Orban, working to serve Russian interests and undermine EU efforts to aid Ukraine.
A resident of occupied Donetsk Oblast has been sentenced by Russia to 5.5 years in prison for supporting the Russian Volunteer Corps (RVK) on Telegram, convicted on charges of “calls for terrorism.”
The Sloviansk Thermal Power Plant (TPP) in Mykolaivka, Donetsk Oblast, has ceased operations following Russian attacks on April 6.
Authorities in the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk region, Ukraine, are planning to develop 'military-historical tourism'.
Russia launched an extensive missile and drone attack across Ukraine, with a significant focus on the Kyiv region, resulting in at least one fatality and widespread power outages. The assault involved nearly 500 drones and missiles, prompting Poland to scramble fighter jets.
A failed mechanized assault by Ukraine's 425th Assault Regiment, known as 'Skelia,' near Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region, has ignited a wave of criticism online, with influential Ukrainian figures accusing the leadership of mismanagement.
A Russian An-26 military transport aircraft reportedly crashed over occupied Crimea, resulting in the deaths of all 29 people on board, with Russia's defense ministry attributing the incident to a likely technical malfunction, as confirmed by Russian sources.
Ukrainian drone attacks have again damaged Russia's Ust-Luga port in the Baltic Sea, a key fuel export hub, according to the governor, following previous attacks that also damaged a school and resulted in injuries.
A Russian tanker carrying crude oil has arrived in Cuba, marking the first delivery in nearly three months despite a US blockade, with Moscow vowing to provide further supplies. Former President Trump stated he has 'no problem' with the Russian oil tanker bringing relief to Cuba.
Russian drone attacks targeted civilian infrastructure in Ukrainian cities, including Odesa and Kryvyi Rih, resulting in at least three deaths and 13 injuries, with reports of damage to residential buildings and a maternity hospital.
EU officials accuse Russia of providing intelligence and drones to Iran for attacks on US targets, while Russia vehemently denies these allegations, specifically dismissing reports of delivering drones as 'media lies'.
Three former prisoners from the Kholodnyi Yar Brigade have maintained their positions on the Kostiantynivka front in Donetsk Oblast for an extended period of 224 days.
The United States is reportedly exerting strong pressure on Ukraine to withdraw its military forces from the Donetsk region, parts of which Kyiv still controls.
One civilian was killed and six others were wounded in the Donetsk region over the past 24 hours as a result of ongoing Russian shelling.
Russian forces have reportedly occupied the village of Platonivka in the Bakhmut district and made advances in two other areas of Donetsk Oblast.
A Russian UAV strike on the village of Maidan in Donetsk Oblast resulted in one woman killed and four people injured, including a teenager.
Six people were killed and 27 injured in Russian attacks on Donetsk, Kharkiv and Kherson oblasts on 20 March.
Russian military seems to be preparing for a spring and summer campaign to claim Ukrainian-controlled parts of the eastern Donetsk region.
Two people were killed and two injured in Russian attacks on Kherson and Donetsk oblasts on 18 March.
American actor Sean Penn visited a unit of Ukraine's 157th Mechanized Brigade operating in the Donetsk region.
Ukraine's Special Operations Forces (SOF) conducted a series of attacks using middle-range assets on a base of Russia's Rubicon secret drone unit in occupied Donetsk Oblast during the night of March 17-18.
Two servicemen held their positions in encirclement in Donetsk Oblast for a year before the Skelia regiment successfully evacuated them from the trap.
Nazar Daletski, a Ukrainian soldier, was presumed dead after his convoy was shelled in the Donetsk region and a funeral was held for him. However, he has now returned, having been held in Russian captivity.
DeepState analysts report that Russian troops have advanced near the village of Horikhove in Donetsk Oblast, indicating ongoing military movements in the region.
DeepState analysts report Russian advances near Berestok and Fedorivka Druha; front faced 128 combat engagements over the past day.
Ukrainian forces are continuing their counteroffensive on the Oleksandrivka front, having regained control over more than 400 square kilometers across Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts.
Russian forces have reportedly captured territories near Bezsalivka, Stupochky, and Udachne in the Sumy and Donetsk oblasts, according to an update from DeepState.
Russian forces killed four residents and injured 21 others in attacks on the Donetsk region over the past day.
Russian President Putin is reportedly receiving an embellished reality regarding the Russian military's achievements in Donbas, with Moscow-appointed officials claiming significant territorial gains in Donetsk Oblast.
Russian forces have advanced near the village of Piddubne in the Volnovakha district of Donetsk Oblast.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops have carried out 1,621 strikes on the Donetsk region, resulting in the destruction of seven civilian objects.
Ukrainian Defense Forces successfully hit several Russian army targets, including an air defense system, a landing craft, and command posts, in occupied Crimea and parts of the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions.
Russian forces destroyed the main post office building of Ukraine's national postal service Ukrposhta in the city of Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, on 7 March.
The Ukrainian military reports hitting a Russian storage facility for Shahed-type drones in Donetsk using SCALP and ATACMS missiles.
The car of Tsurkov, the former head of Penal Colony No. 11, was blown up in the temporarily occupied city of Donetsk.
'Russians preparing spring offensive' — Zelensky visits Donetsk Oblast, meets commanders amid risk of new Russian push The Kyiv Independent
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced his visit to the front lines in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, to support troops engaged in combat.
Approximately 1,240 civilians, including 950 in the city of Dobropillia itself, remain in the Dobropillia community of Donetsk Oblast.
Signs indicate that Russian troops are preparing to intensify offensive operations in the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad agglomeration in the Donetsk region, utilizing accumulated reserves.
Artur Horelov, an explosives expert, was killed in the settlement of Bilenke in the Donetsk region as a result of a Russian drone strike.
Russian troops have reportedly advanced near Markove, Rivne, and Hryshyne in Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast, according to DeepState.
Russian troops struck a residential area in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, with tubed artillery on the morning of March 3.
Russian forces attacked the central branch of the national postal service Ukrposhta in Druzhkivka, Donetsk region, on Monday, March 2.
Enemy forces shelled the city of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region on the morning of March 2. According to preliminary information, three people were killed.
Russian forces are maintaining constant pressure on Hryshyne and the northern areas of Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad in Ukraine's Donetsk region.
The Russian army is attempting to bypass Ukrainian forces from the northeast and southwest in the Myrnohrad area of Donetsk Oblast, aiming for an operational encirclement after failed direct breakthroughs.
Russian forces shelled a settlement in the Sloviansk community, Donetsk region, using a Smerch multiple launch rocket system, resulting in damage to 17 houses, a store, and vehicles.
Ukraine's defense forces have reportedly struck Russian warehouses and a command post in the Donetsk, Kherson, and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts.
Russian forces have destroyed a dam near the city of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region, raising fears of a humanitarian catastrophe and risking civilian lives.
Ukrainian soldiers from the 28th Mechanized Brigade have documented Russia's use of banned white phosphorus bombs in an attack on residential areas of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region.
DeepState reports that Russian forces have made advances near three settlements in the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts on the Sloviansk front.
Russian troops wounded three residents in Ukraine's Donetsk region on February 25.
Russia has reportedly blown up a dam in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, as it prepares for more decisive offensive actions in the direction of Kostiantynivka.
Italian Senator Carlo Calenda has urged Ukraine not to yield to pressure and not to hand over fortified territories in the Donetsk region to Russia during peace negotiations, warning that such a move would encourage the Kremlin to launch a new wave of aggression.
Four years into the war, residents of the eastern Donetsk region face an agonizing choice if Ukraine cedes the territory to Russia as a major sticking point in peace talks.
Russian forces have advanced in the settlement of Pokrovka in Sumy Oblast as well as in the villages of Nykyforivka and Lypivka and near Platonivka in Donetsk Oblast, DeepState, a Ukrainian group of m
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has rejected territorial concessions in Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia, stating that Vladimir Putin has already started World War Three. He also called for long-term U.S. security guarantees before elections.
Russian forces killed three civilians in the Donetsk region on February 21, with casualties reported in Kostiantynivka, Druzhkivka, and Orikhuvatka.
Billionaire Rinat Akhmetov, owner of Shakhtar Donetsk, paid his last respects to legendary coach Mircea Lucescu. Akhmetov shared personal anecdotes, including how Lucescu taught him to drink wine.
The Dutch House of Representatives is debating rising energy bills, while football club AZ is set to play against Shakhtar Donetsk in the first quarter-final of the Conference League.
Russian troops have made advances near Petropavlivka and Stupochky in the Kharkiv and Donetsk oblasts of eastern Ukraine, according to DeepState.
The Kremlin has initiated a propaganda campaign in the temporarily occupied Donetsk region to mark the 12th anniversary of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), aiming to obscure Russia's involvement in the 2014 events.
Az odesszai támadásban egy gyerek is meghalt.
A Russian network known as 'The Company' reportedly attempted to spread disinformation through online media and social networks in Argentina to discredit President Javier Milei between June and October 2024.
A Moscow court has sentenced German carnival sculptor Jacques Tilly to eight-and-a-half years in prison in absentia for creating carnival floats that depicted Russian President Vladimir Putin and Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill in sexual situations, which was deemed insulting.
The senior military command in Ukraine is investigating the actions of an adjacent unit of the 425th Separate Assault Regiment Skelya in the Hryshyne area of the Donetsk region, near Pokrovsk.
Former Real Madrid defender Vinicius Tobias is reportedly looking for a new beginning at Shakhtar Donetsk, following a trend of Brazilian players at top European clubs.
A French court has sentenced Chen Zhangjie, the Chinese captain of the Russian 'shadow fleet' tanker Boracay, to one year in prison in absentia and issued an arrest warrant for failing to comply with orders during an inspection in international waters, with the vessel suspected of transporting Russian oil in violation of Western sanctions.
The United States is allowing a Russian oil tanker carrying crude oil to reach Cuba, providing a potential lifeline to the Caribbean island amidst a de facto oil blockade imposed by Washington.
Russia has announced a ban on gasoline exports starting April 1, aiming to prioritize domestic supplies and stabilize fuel prices amidst surging domestic prices and turbulence in global oil markets. Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak instructed the energy ministry to draft a resolution for this measure, which will last until July 31st.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Saudi Arabia for unannounced 'important meetings,' kicking off a surprise tour of Gulf States with a defense pitch and offering Ukraine's drone expertise with renewed urgency as the US increasingly focuses on Iran.
A 'Supreme Court' in Russian-occupied Donetsk has sentenced Georgian national Shmagi Dighmelashvili in absentia to 14 years in a maximum-security penal colony for fighting on Ukraine's side as a 'mercenary'.
The Ukrainian military has confirmed that its Defense Forces continue to control the settlements of Platonivka and Minkivka in the Donetsk region, providing an update on the ongoing conflict.
At least two civilians were killed and over ten injured in Russian attacks across Donetsk, Kherson, and Sumy oblasts on March 22.
Police have detained a 50-year-old previously convicted resident of Sloviansk, Donetsk region, suspected of shooting a district police officer while he was on duty.
Ukrainian authorities report that Zaporizhzhia is under Russian attack, resulting in infrastructure damage, two deaths, and six injuries from drone strikes, while Ukrainian forces repelled Russian attempts to break through in Donetsk.
Russian forces killed five and wounded 14 residents in Ukraine's Donetsk region over the past day, on March 20.
Russia plans to bring over a million new residents to the Donetsk region by 2045—this is outlined in the master plans for the occupied cities.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Spain, meeting with King Felipe VI and securing a pledge of €1 billion in military aid from Prime Minister Sánchez, as part of his European tour to ensure allies continue to prioritize support for Ukraine.
Andrii Yermak, former head of the President's Office, has visited a combat unit of the 157th Mechanised Brigade in Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast, accompanied by American actor and director Sean Penn.
Over the past 24 hours, on March 17, Russian invaders injured four residents in Ukraine's Donetsk region.
Prosecutors have charged three officials from the self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic” with organizing the deportation of 213 Ukrainian children to Russia prior to the full-scale invasion.
Over the past 24 hours, on March 15, Russian invaders wounded one resident of the Donetsk region.
Russian attacks on Donetsk Oblast on 12 March left two civilians killed and six injured.
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that eight doctors were killed and ten people were injured in a Ukrainian drone attack on a medical facility in the Donetsk region this week.
About 9,500 civilians remain in the Druzhkivka community in Donetsk Oblast as evacuations continue.
Ukrainian defenders carried out a successful operation to destroy command posts and deployment sites of Russian troops in Selydove, Donetsk region, more than 20 km from the front line and 15 km southeast of Pokrovsk.
The Rivne region has welcomed its first evacuation train of the year, transporting 20 residents from the Donetsk region.
Denis Pushilin, the Russian-appointed head of Ukraine's Donetsk region, informed Russian President Vladimir Putin that Ukrainian forces now control only 15-17% of the region, a claim shown on state television during their meeting.
In the Donetsk region, the number of people wounded in an enemy air strike on Sloviansk has increased to 20, including two children.
On the night of March 8, unmanned aerial systems (SBS) struck a number of enemy targets in the Russian-occupied territories of Donetsk, Luhansk, and Kherson regions, including warehouses, Tor air defense systems, and R-330Zh Zhytel electronic warfare systems.
Over the past day, Russian forces killed one person and injured ten others in Ukraine's Donetsk region.
Despite the difficult security situation, civilians continue to remain in the village of Hryshyne in the Donetsk region amidst intense fighting.
On the night of March 7, Russia again attacked Ukraine's heat-generating infrastructure, targeting heating facilities in the Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Donetsk regions.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held a security meeting to discuss the operational situation in the Donetsk region, received a report from the 81st Airmobile Brigade commander, and presented awards to servicemen.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the eastern front in the Donetsk region, awarding troops defending positions near Druzhkivka and Kostiantynivka, highlighting the critical importance of the area where Russia is preparing for a spring offensive.
Russian troops are reportedly attempting to fully capture the cities of Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad in Ukraine's Donetsk region, according to military reports.
Russian troops have seized more Ukrainian land in the village of Hryshyne in Donetsk Oblast and in the town of Huliaipole in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
In Druzhkivka, Donetsk region, emergency and rescue operations have been completed at the site of an airstrike carried out by Russian forces on Monday, March 2.
Russian attacks on Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Kherson, Donetsk, and Kharkiv oblasts have resulted in three deaths and 35 injuries over the past day.
It has emerged that Police Captain Oleksii Kryvenko was killed in a Russian airstrike on the city of Druzhkivka in Donetsk Oblast on 2 March.
Russian attacks on energy infrastructure have left customers in the Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, and Chernihiv regions of Ukraine without power as of March 3, according to Ukrenergo.
Military experts report a deteriorating situation for Ukrainian forces in one city, while Ukrainian forces successfully attacked an aggressor's fuel depot near Makiivka in the Donetsk direction.
As of March 2, Russian attacks on energy infrastructure have left residents of the Donetsk, Sumy, and Zaporizhzhia regions without power.
Ukrainian forces struck a radar station of an S-300 surface-to-air missile system and an S-300V4 radar station in the temporarily occupied part of Donetsk Oblast on the night of 28 February-1 March.
Russian shelling in the Donetsk region resulted in the deaths of three residents and injuries to five others over the past day.
Russian forces are intensifying their offensive near the settlements of Riznykivka and Platonivka in Ukraine's Donetsk region, while Ukrainian forces maintain their defensive positions.
Russia is reportedly prepared to halt negotiations with Ukraine unless Kyiv agrees to territorial concessions, particularly in the Donetsk region. The next round of talks, scheduled for March 4-5, could be decisive for a peace agreement.
Pilots from the 'Phoenix' unit of the State Border Guard Service released a video showing the shelling of Kostiantynivka in Ukraine's Donetsk region with phosphorus munitions, depicting a scene of 'real hell'.
The 1st unmanned systems centre of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces struck an oil depot in the temporarily Russian-occupied city of Luhansk on the night of 26-27 February.
Parts of Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Poltava and Kharkiv oblasts have remained without electricity as of 26 February following a Russian combined large-scale attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure.
Ukrainian forces successfully attacked a Russian 5th Army command and control point in Novopetrykivka, Donetsk region, using ATACMS missiles, with military experts suggesting Russian claims of gains are likely false.
Ukraine's State Border Guard Service released footage showcasing the extensive destruction in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Oblast, following recent Russian attacks.
Russian forces carried out an FPV drone strike on the Kostiantynivka community in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, killing one civilian and injuring two others.
The Ukrainian army reported 40 clashes since morning, with the Pokrovsk area in the Donetsk region remaining a primary target, where 13 Russian attacks were repelled.
Ukrainian Defense Forces confirm that the villages of Pokrovka, Nykyforivka, Lypivka, and Platonivka remain under their control, despite enemy reports of advances near these settlements.
Russian military actions have resulted in injuries to five residents of the Donetsk region over the past day.
The town of Yampil in Ukraine's Donetsk region has been confirmed to be under the control of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
A video circulating on social media shows the city of Bahmut in the Donetsk region almost completely destroyed after months of intense fighting, following the entry of Russian forces.