Ukraine's top commander said on Thursday he had visited brigades defending the Novopavlivka front in the eastern Donetsk region where Russia has stepped up its assaults.

Oleg Magdych was driving supplies to Ukrainian troops in the eastern Donetsk region three years ago, on February 24, 2022. He remembers stopping for gas at 5 a.m. That’s when he heard it: Russian shelling in three different directions.

As snow falls in a park in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, Natalia fixes Veronika's military hood. They are both Ukrainian soldiers, but a mother is always a mother.

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These are the key developments on day 1,107 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Russian attacks on a series of villages killed five residents of eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region on Friday, prosecutors in the region said.

The overnight Ukrainian attack in Donetsk Oblast may have hindered Russia's ability to continue fighting in the war.

The Russian army launched missile strikes on the center of Dobropillia in the Donetsk region. According to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Telegram, such attacks demonstrate that Russia's objectives remain unchanged.

The three-year-long war is at a critical juncture for Kyiv after Trump suspended U.S. military aid following his public falling-out with Zelenskyy last week.

Russian troops have been advancing slowly but steadily through Ukraine's Donetsk region. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Russian strikes on Ukraine’s eastern city of Dobropillia killed 11 people overnight, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday, adding that “such strikes prove that Russia’s goals are unchanged.