Russian troops attempted to raise their tricolor flag over Toretsk in Donetsk Oblast, but Ukrainian forces foiled the effort ...
Moscow said on Friday that its forces had seized a handful of settlements in Donetsk since the start of the month.
A video circulated by the Russians shows a Russian flag on the Kurakhove City Council ... the situation around the "Uspenivka pocket" in Donetsk Oblast had been getting worse.
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Approximately 302,000 civilians remain in the Ukrainian-controlled part of Donetsk Oblast. Source: Ukrinform news agency citing Dmytro Petlin, Head of Department of Operational Duty Service, ...