the name Stalino Oblast, in honour of Joseph Stalin. As part of the de-Stalinization process, it was renamed after the Siversky Donets river, the main...

Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) launched an incursion into Russia's Kursk Oblast and clashed with the Russian Armed Forces and Russian border guard. According...

launched a counteroffensive in the Kharkiv Oblast, which drove Russian forces back to the left bank of the Donets and Serednya Balakliika rivers. The...

oblasts are Belgorod Oblast to the north, Voronezh Oblast to the northeast, Rostov Oblast to the east. Abutting Ukrainian oblasts are Kharkiv Oblast to...

Russo-Ukrainian War. The word Donbas is a portmanteau formed from "Donets Basin", an abbreviation of "Donets Coal Basin" (Ukrainian: Донецький вугільний басейн, romanized: Donetskyi...

shifted focus into the main territory of the oblast, specifically the half north of the Siverskyi Donets in the Battle of the Svatove–Kreminna line. By...

Ukraine. Kharkiv is the administrative centre of Kharkiv Oblast and Kharkiv Raion. It has a population of 1,421,125 (2022 estimate). Kharkiv was founded...

Starobilsk, Luhansk Oblast was killed after a bomb exploded in his car. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) arrested a resident of Kharkiv on suspicion of...

Pylna, Kharkiv Oblast on 10 May 2024.  Russia recaptured Strilecha, Kharkiv Oblast on 10 May 2024.  Russia recaptured Borysivka, Kharkiv Oblast on 10 May...

east of the Siverskyi Donets – Donbas Canal separating the city. Due to its high elevation and strategic location in Donetsk Oblast, Chasiv Yar is regarded...