Donetsk

The Russian invasion “has unleashed widespread death, destruction and displacement,” U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said

The Donetsk and Luhansk front line has barely moved in recent weeks with Russian and Ukrainian forces locked in static 20th-century-style battles

Since Russia invaded Ukraine there has not been a single day without an airstrike warning. Front line regions such as Kharkiv and Donetsk have spent a total of over 1,000 hours on alert

Ukrainian and Western intelligence services expect a new Russian assault in February but have ruled out another attempt to take Kyiv by attacking from Belarus

Estimates of casualties on both sides during fierce fighting for the city have increased hugely since January as Kyiv’s allies urge abandoning its defense for a fresh counter-offensive in the south

Readers seek parallels and answers to the current situation in dystopian stories, self-help guides and classic works about armed conflict and authoritarianism by authors like Tolstoy and Thomas Mann

The Russian prime minister has ordered the construction of a large network of prisons to control the population in the illegally annexed territories

The government in Kyiv insists that the future of the war against Russia depends on NATO sending more potent weaponry

The reconstruction plan, due for completion in 2035, aims to support the narrative that Moscow has saved the Russian-speaking population from Ukrainian discrimination

Estimates of the number of Russian fatalities range from 63 to 400. Reports suggest the HIMARS attack targeted a concentration of cellphone signals at a temporary barracks