A portmanteau of “Donets Basin,” the term “Donbas” has been in use since the 19th century and has referred not only to Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts but also parts of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast ...

Otto von Bismarck On 8 May 2022, the Russian army attempted to cross the Siverskyi Donets River in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine. The crossing operation failed, and an entire Russian ...