Five people were killed by Russian soldiers in a village in Donetsk, an area that has been pummelled since the full-scale invasion began in 2022.

The soldier took up arms a decade ago to defend her home region, Donetsk, where Ukraine has been battling Russian-backed forces since 2014. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, the region has become synonymous with Ukraine’s fight for survival. Battlefield developments in Donetsk are considered a gauge of each side’s fortunes in the war.

A man, his two sons and two neighbours were killed. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Russian invaders wounded six residents of Donetsk region over the past day, October 19. According to Ukrinform, Head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration Vadym Filashkin reported this on Facebook. Russians injured people in Kostiantynivka, Druzhkivka, Staroraiske, and Oleksiievo-Druzhkivka.

The Ukrainian defence forces have repelled another Russian assault involving armoured vehicles, motorbikes and quad bikes in the area of Chasiv Yar. Quote: "In the morning of 20 October, in the area of responsibility of the 24th Brigade,

Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly sought full control of Donetsk in exchange for parts of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson during a call with Trump, while Kyiv and Washington navigate stalled peace talks.

Russian forces shelled the city of Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region, on October 21 using various types of weapons, resulting in civilian deaths and injuries. — Ukrinform.

Russian forces have taken control of two more frontline settlements in key areas of eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Monday.

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian authorities have opened a war crime investigation into an incident in which a witness said Russian forces shot dead five civilians in a village in eastern Ukraine. The Donetsk region's prosecutor's office said in a statement on Thursday that a man,