Donetsk

Two strikes on the city killed 21 people and left 50 injured in early December

EL PAÍS enters an area of Ukraine controlled by Moscow. Complaints about poor reconstruction contrast with the sense of ‘liberation’ expressed by the pro-Russian residents

Kyiv is determined to maintain its occupation of Kursk province while Moscow’s forces are advancing relentlessly on the Donetsk front and threatening a new offensive in the south

Kyiv claims that Pyongyang’s forces are supporting Russian troops on Ukrainian soil

At least 80,000 soldiers have deserted their units so far during the war with Russia, more than half of them in the first eight months of 2024

The decline in support for Zelenskiy on his trip to the US confirms the change of tone among Kyiv’s partners in favor of negotiations with the Kremlin

The Kremlin’s forces are advancing on the Donetsk front while Kyiv’s troops are stuck in Russian territory following their surprise incursion

EL PAÍS accesses the Russian territories occupied by Ukraine, where Kyiv’s soldiers are optimistic for the first time after a year of fighting on the back foot

Russian troops are approaching Pokrovsk, a key defensive city in the Donbas region, while Kyiv’s forces are starting to construct defensive lines in the border region into which an incursion was launched earlier this month

The president of Ukraine wants to organize conferences on energy and food security, and the return of prisoners of war and deported minors, between July and September. Moscow is refusing to participate in a second round of dialogue

Ukrainian soldiers warn that the invading forces are gaining positions through the use of these vehicles, which are more difficult to identify and intercept

EL PAÍS accompanies a Ukrainian police special operations unit in a civilian evacuation operation in a town north of Kharkiv besieged by Russian troops

Russia is pressing its advantage in troops, munitions and air dominance in several towns in the provinces of Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kharkiv to expand the front line and achieve strategic victories this summer

The invader has gained ground with the city of Chasiv Yar as their main objective, ahead of an expected summer offensive to take Kramatorsk, which would effectively mean Kyiv’s loss of the province

Six war veterans reflect on the problems that hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian fighters will face when they leave the front lines

Natalia Gerasimenko was one of the members of the team that uncovered the oldest human artifacts in Europe: stone tools carved by ‘Homo erectus’ 1.4 million years ago in western Ukraine

The municipality of Sviatohirsk is known for hosting the largest statue dedicated to the Bolshevik revolutionary Artyom, a symbol of Russian nationalism in Donbas

In an area of the front where Russian troops have gained the most ground in Ukraine, under daily bombing from the enemy, a couple of farmers shelter, care for and feed 100 soldiers

Kyiv claims that Russia breached the landmark 1948 convention by using trumped-up claims of genocide in the eastern regions of Luhansk and Donetsk as a pretext for attacking Ukraine nearly two years ago

The Kremlin has stepped up its offensive on the stronghold of the town, which it took with little effort in the opening stages of the invasion, but was recaptured by Ukraine’s army in September 2022

As Ukraine repels Russia’s invasion, drones have become essential due to their speed, price and manageability. Kyiv wants to manufacture a million of these devices in 2024

Moscow has been attacking the industrial city in the Donbas region for weeks with an all-out siege in which the number of casualties are of little consequence

Millions of Ukrainian women and children have moved overseas and do not plan to return to a country that has lost over 30% of its population since independence in 1991

Moscow’s air and artillery superiority is pushing the defenders of the strategic city in Donetsk province to the limit as ammunition supplies run low

The CEO of the Ukrainian club, exiled since 2014 due to the conflict in the Donbas and the Russian invasion, reflects on the unique situation of Eastern Europe’s most powerful soccer team

With schools demolished by shelling and students evacuated, educators continue to give classes from basements or air raid shelters to provide a small sense of normalcy