Donbas

Russian troops seize Donbas village, push into three settlements

Russian forces captured the village of Rivne in the Pokrovsk district of Donetsk Oblast and made advances inside the cities of Pokrovsk, Myrnohrad and Rodynske, Ukraine’s DeepState monitoring project reported on Feb. 16.

16 February, 03:03 PM

Ukrainian forces repel Russians near Verbove in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, amid Donbas advances

Ukrainian forces repelled Russian troops near Verbove in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast while Russian advances were recorded near two settlements in Donetsk Oblast, the DeepState monitoring project reported on Feb. 14.

14 February, 03:05 PM

Ukrainian forces smash Russian buildup near Pokrovsk

Ukrainian paratroopers thwarted a renewed Russian attempt to mass troops and equipment in a garage cooperative southeast of Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast, eliminating six enemy soldiers, three vehicles and two quad bikes, the 7th Rapid Response Corps of the Air Assault Forces reported via Telegram video on Feb. 13.

13 February, 04:31 PM

Russia needs 2 more years to take Donetsk Oblast, experts say

Russian forces would need at least two more years to fully capture Donetsk Oblast at current offensive rates, with the main future battle expected to unfold in Slovyansk and Kramatorsk, co-founders of the DeepStateUA monitoring project Ruslan Mykula and Roman Pohorilyi said during a special session of the Kyiv Security Forum, news agency Ukrinform reported on Feb. 6.

6 February, 08:10 PM

Zelenskyy: No country’s recognition can give away Ukrainian land

Even if some countries recognized Ukraine’s temporarily occupied territories as Russian — as Moscow demands — it would change nothing because only Ukraine’s president can sign documents affecting the country’s territory, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said at a joint news conference with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Kyiv on Feb. 5.

5 February, 05:56 PM

Kremlin sets new demand to end war against Ukraine

Russia considers international recognition of Donbas as Russian territory to be part of a potential “major peace agreement,” Russia’s state news agency TASS reported, citing an unnamed Western source in Abu Dhabi, where a second round of talks on Ukraine involving Russia and the United States is taking place on Feb. 5.

5 February, 12:02 PM

Zelenskyy: Russia will lose 800,000 troops to seize Donbas

Moscow will have to pay an “extremely high price” in the lives of hundreds of thousands of Russian soldiers to fully seize the Donbas region and the whole of eastern Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview with French broadcaster France 2 on Feb. 4.

5 February, 09:05 AM

Ukraine hits Russian command posts, ammo depots – General Staff

Ukrainian Defense Forces struck Russian command posts and ammunition depots on temporarily occupied territories overnight into Feb. 2, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.

2 February, 05:10 PM

Russia hits Slovyansk, killing one, damaging Nova Poshta branch

Russian forces struck Slovyansk in Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast with three FAB-250 guided bombs on the morning of Feb. 1, killing a 43-year-old woman from Kramatorsk and damaging 14 apartment buildings, a Nova Poshta delivery branch, a coworking center, three vehicles, and an industrial site, Mayor Vadym Liakh reported.

1 February, 04:37 PM

MFA spokesperson rejects Russia’s Donbas ‘self-determination’ claim

Ukrainian MFA spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi responded to Russia’s “Donbas self-determination” claim, reminding Moscow that the UN General Assembly has already rejected Russia’s illegal seizure of Ukrainian territory, in his post on X on Jan. 30.

30 January, 11:30 AM

US ties Ukraine security guarantees to peace deal ceding Donbas

Washington pushes Ukraine to cede Donbas region as a part of a peace deal with Russia in order to receive U.S. security guarantees, a source familiar with internal discussions told Reuters on Jan. 27.

28 January, 09:16 AM

White House denies FT report on Donbas-for-security guarantees deal

Reports from the Financial Times that the United States would provide Ukraine with security guarantees only if Kyiv ceded the Donbas region are false, Deputy White House press secretary Anna Kelly told FT on Jan. 27.

27 January, 02:07 PM

U.S. hints guarantees depend on Ukraine surrendering Donbas — FT

U.S. President Donald Trump administration has signaled to Ukraine that security guarantees will depend on whether Kyiv agrees to a peace deal that includes handing over Donbas to Russia, the Financial Times wrote on Jan. 26.

27 January, 10:23 AM

Donbas to be discussed at trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi — Zelenskyy

Donbas will be discussed in trilateral negotiations in the UAE on Jan. 22–23, and will remain a key issue in peace talks, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told reporters, Interfax-Ukraine wrote on Jan. 23.

23 January, 01:02 PM

54% of Ukrainians firmly oppose ceding Donbas for security guarantees – KIIS poll

A majority of Ukrainians — 54% — firmly reject the idea of transferring the entire Donbas region under Russian control in exchange for security guarantees from the United States and Europe, according to results from a survey by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS).

16 January, 06:37 PM

Russian forces advance in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhya oblasts

Russian invasion forces advanced in separate areas of the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhya oblasts, the DeepState monitoring project reported on Telegram on Jan. 15.

16 January, 11:51 AM

Russian forces advance near two villages in Donetsk Oblast

Russian invasion forces advanced near the villages of Markovе and Kleban-Byk in Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast, the DeepState monitoring project reported on Jan. 10.

10 January, 03:30 PM

Rodynske under Ukrainian control, Russians suffering heavy losses — Azov

The defense of the town of Rodynske in Donetsk Oblast continues, with Russian troops suffering significant losses in manpower and equipment, according to a YouTube video posted by the 1st Azov National Guard Corps on Jan. 4.

4 January, 03:30 PM

There are no agreements on Ukrainian troop withdrawal from Donbas – Zelenskyy

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said there are no agreements for Ukrainian troops to withdraw from the Donbas, as Russia demands, stressing that he will act in line with Ukraine’s interests on Dec. 29.

29 December 2025, 03:51 PM

Trump floats Kyiv visit to push territorial concessions for peace deal

U.S. President Donald Trump said he would be willing to travel to Kyiv to persuade Ukraine’s parliament to approve territorial concessions to Russia as part of a potential peace deal, following his Dec. 28 meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Florida.

29 December 2025, 09:06 AM

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