The Donbas (UK: / dɒnˈbɑːs /, [3] US: / ˈdɒnbɑːs, dʌnˈbæs /; [4][5] Ukrainian: Донбас [donˈbɑs]; [6]) or Donbass (Russian: Донбасс [dɐnˈbas] [7]) is a historical, cultural, and economic region in eastern Ukraine. [8][9] The majority of the Donbas is occupied by Russia as a result of the Russo-Ukrainian War. [10][11][12]

Russian-controlled separatists established two widely unrecognised republics in parts of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. The war in Donbas, [c] or the Donbas war, was a phase of the Russo …

2025年3月15日 · Donbas, large mining and industrial region of southeastern Europe, notable for its sizable coal reserves. The industrial area of the Donbas includes much of the Ukrainian oblasti (provinces) of Donetsk and Luhansk.

2022年5月26日 · Russian forces are bombarding towns and cities in eastern Ukraine with the declared aim of "liberating" the old industrial heartland known as Donbas.

2024年4月8日 · On April 7, 2014, a coup by pro-Russian militants in the city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine was the spark that ignited the Donbas war.

Over the course of eight years, Ukrainian government forces fought Russian-backed separatists for control over much of the two heavily industrialised regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, also known as Donbas.

2025年2月23日 · According to our analysis of published obituaries and missing persons reports from the regions, the majority of deaths in Donbass militias occurred during the first year of the invasion, a toll ...