The Russian Defense Ministry announced on Friday that its forces had captured the settlements of Druzhba and Dzerzhinsk in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, marking further advances in the ongoing conflict.

While fighting has blazed for nearly three years along hundreds of miles of front lines, Russia has focused its efforts on capturing as much of Ukraine's industrial Donetsk region as possible.

Local media reported that Moscow launched 17 attacks in the Donetsk region in one day, killing and wounding several people.

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed on Friday that its forces had captured the coal mining town of Toretsk in their latest breakthrough in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region ...

Feb 5 (Reuters) - Russian attacks on Wednesday killed two people near the front line in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region and one near the Black Sea port of Odesa, officials said. Ukraine's ...

Ukraine's Donetsk region has come under increased shelling as Russian forces are advancing in the country's east, according to local media. The head of Donetsk Regional Military Administration ...