the region.... Kyiv's brigades were holding back the assaults....

may consider joining Russia once it controls all of Ukraine's Donetsk region, its news outlet cited

( Reuters)-Russian shelling in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region killed four people on Monday

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians have been spotted as mercenaries operating in the occupied Donetsk region

24. Moscow says one of the aims of its military campaign is to" liberate" largely Russian-speaking places such as Mariupol from the threat of genocide by what it calls Ukrainian nationalists and Nazis.... Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy-himself a native Russian speaker-has rejected those claims, saying they are just a pretext for Russia's invasion....

Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region as they pursue their advance toward the logistical centre of Pokrovsk

Moscow has handed out over 600, 000 Russian passports to residents since 2014.... We must not let this happen," said Volodin.... Zelenskiy has repeatedly said he is open to talks with Russia, while Western leaders have made clear there is no near-term prospect of Ukraine joining NATO....

region for fighting for Ukraine.A court in the breakaway Donetsk People's Republic( DPR) in eastern

After weeks of rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine over Moscow’s build-up of military forces along its western border with its neighbour, war has finally returned to Europe. Russian president Vladimir Putin announced a “ special military operation ” in a televised address to his citizens in the early hours of Thursday morning, drawing a line under the West’s diplomatic efforts to avert calamity and restore the peace. Explosions were reported soon afterwards on the outskirts of the cities

Vassily Nebenzia, the Russian ambassador to the UN, insisted there would be no “ new bloodbath ” in eastern Ukraine but warned the West to “ think twice ” before making matters worse.“ We remain open to diplomacy for diplomatic solution, ” he said.... “ However, allowing bloodbath in Donbas is something we don’t intend to do.... We know that sanctions will be imposed anyway, in any case....