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Donetsk

[ duh-netsk; Russian duh-nyetsk ]

noun

  1. a city in eastern Ukraine, in the Donets Basin.


Donetsk

/ 岹ˈɛٲ /

noun

  1. a city in E Ukraine: the chief industrial centre of the Donbass; first ironworks founded by a Welshman, John Hughes (1872), after whom the town was named Yuzovka (Hughesovka). Pop: 992 000 (2005 est) Former names (from 1924 until 1961)StalinStalino
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The first major ceasefire agreement, signed on 5 September 2014 in Minsk, was broken within hours of being signed, with Ukrainian sources reporting attacks by Russian proxy forces on Donetsk airport.

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Earlier this week, Zelensky said his forces had fought six Chinese soldiers in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region and took two prisoner.

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Ukrainian forces have captured two Chinese nationals who were fighting for the Russian army in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.

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Zelensky said "the main objective" was to protect Ukraine's Sumy and Kharkiv border regions, and to "ease the pressure" on other parts of the vast front line, particularly in the eastern Donetsk region.

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Russia also claimed to have captured another Ukrainian village, at Rozlyiv in the Donetsk region.

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