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May 31, 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 decided.
Feb 6, 2024 · Avdiivka sits in the industrial Donbas region, 15 km (nine miles) north of the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk. Before the war, its Soviet-era coke plant was one of Europe's top producers.
Apr 21, 2024 · The industrial area of the Donbas includes much of the Ukrainian oblasti (provinces) of Donetsk and Luhansk. The Donbas coalfield lies primarily in southeastern Ukraine, but a small portion of it extends into Rostov oblast (region) in southwestern Russia. The principal exploited area of the field covers nearly 9,000 square miles (23,300 square ...
Apr 28, 2022 · The battle over the Donbas: why is the region so key to this war? Russia’s main war aim in Ukraine is now ‘the liberation of the Donbas’. Donbas is an abbreviation of the words “Donets ...
Apr 22, 2022 · When the residents of Donetsk took to the polling stations on May 11 to vote for their region’s “independence” from Russia, most looked sincerely elated. Val was one of them.
Feb 24, 2022 · After the annexation, protests against the new Ukrainian government by pro-Russian separatists started to break out in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. Russia supported the separatist ...
Feb 21, 2022 · The portions would include the city of Kherson in the south, as well as the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk in the east, the U.S. ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in ...
