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The region has been inhabited for centuries by various nomadic tribes, such as Scythians, Alans, Huns, Bulgars, Pechenegs, Kipchaks, Turco-Mongols, Tatars and Nogais. The region now known as the Donbas was largely unpopulated until the second half of the 17th century, when Don Cossacks established the first permanent settlements in the region. [21]
Historically, the region has been an important part of the Donbas region. From its creation in 1938 until November 1961, it bore the name Stalino Oblast, in honour of Joseph Stalin. As part of the de-Stalinization process, it was renamed after the Donets river, the main artery of Eastern Ukraine.
Administratively, Donetsk has been the centre of Donetsk Oblast, while historically, it is the unofficial capital and largest city of the larger economic and cultural Donets Basin (Donbas) region. Donetsk is adjacent to another major city, Makiivka, and along with other surrounding cities forms a major urban sprawl and conurbation in the region ...
The war in Donbas, [c] also known as the Donbas war, was a phase of the Russo-Ukrainian War in the Donbas region of Ukraine. The war began in April 2014, when a commando unit headed by Russian citizen Igor Girkin seized Sloviansk in Donetsk oblast. [20] [21] [6] [22] The Ukrainian military launched an operation against them.
Following the Donbas war, pro-Russian separatist forces occupied all 21 cities located in the Donetsk, Horlivka, and Kalmiuske raions by 2015. [11] [14] After 24 February 2022, during Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, an additional fifteen cities were occupied by Russian troops of which, Lyman and Sviatohirsk were recovered by Ukraine.
Russia wants control of all parts of Donetsk and neighboring Luhansk, which together make up the Donbas industrial region. Also on Tuesday, four teenagers were injured after Russian forces struck ...
An estimate of the population of all Ukrainian oblasts and other territories was recorded in 2012. [1] The war in Donbas, beginning in the spring of 2014, caused an estimated 1.5 million people from Donetsk Oblast and Luhansk Oblast to flee to Russia or other parts of Ukraine.
Open source data and battlefield reports indicate that Russian forces in Donbas advanced in August at their fastest rate in about two years, though Ukraine also seized a chunk of the Kursk region.