POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — On the morning of Day 142 of the war in Ukraine, the mayor of a community slipping closer to the front line stands in sneakers and blazer near the newest soldier’s grave.

Mr Zelensky insisted ‘it really needs to be done’ (Picture: Getty Images) Volodymyr Zelensky has ordered the evacuation of people in the eastern Donetsk region, scene of fierce fighting with ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The head of Russian proxy forces in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region has sent a message to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un calling ...

In the Donetsk region, a compulsory evacuation of children and their parents has been announced from eight settlements of the Druzhkivka community, states the head of the Donetsk regional military ...

As a transportation hub and as a city close to the front lines in the Donetsk region, ... Jordan joined Newsweek in 2024 from The Evening Standard and had previously worked at Metro.co.uk, ...

Donetsk will be "much easier to defend than little Slovyansk," Strelkov said. He has said in recent days that he needs about 8,000 more combatants to mount an effective defense of the city.

DONETSK, Ukraine—He was one of the people who kept Donetsk clean, its parks tended and flower-beds watered, even as encroaching war upended the city's everyday life.

DONETSK, Ukraine—The military noose was tightening around the rebel city, and Alexander Borodai, now the leader of pro-Russia separatists in Donetsk, was urging decisive action. That was more ...