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Donetsk is an industrial city in Ukraine located in the Donbass region, which has been controlled by pro-Russian separatists since 2014.

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Debris from the MH17 crash

MH17 trial: What you need to know

MH17 trial: What you need to know

The main trial in the case of the Boeing 777 shot down over eastern Ukraine has come to a close in the Netherlands.
Law and JusticeNovember 17, 2022
A large poster in separatist-controlled Luhansk reads: "Our choice — Russia"

What awaits the people in Russian-annexed Ukraine?

What awaits the people in Russian-annexed Ukraine?

Russia has annexed large swathes of southern and eastern Ukraine. What comes now?
PoliticsOctober 2, 2022
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Ukraine: Eyewitnesses on the sham referendums

Ukraine: Eyewitnesses on the sham referendums

A record turnout, say the Russian occupiers, a sham according to Ukrainian observers — eyewitnesses give their accounts.
PoliticsSeptember 28, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (2nd from right) in Samarkand on September 16, 2022

Did China influence Putin's change of tack?

Did China influence Putin's change of tack?

A former Putin adviser tells DW he sees the hand of Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Russian leader's recent moves.
PoliticsSeptember 24, 2022
Bundeswehr soldier and tank at sunset in Lithuania

Ukraine's advances heighten calls for German tanks

Ukraine's advances heighten calls for German tanks

Germany is under pressure to deliver high-tech battle tanks but Chancellor Olaf Scholz isn't convinced.
PoliticsSeptember 12, 2022
Ukraine Feuerwehrleute löschen ein Feuer in einem beschossenen Haus in Bakhmut

Ukraine: How Russia's war aims are changing

Ukraine: How Russia's war aims are changing

Since the start of the invasion of Ukraine, Moscow's stated aims have repeatedly shifted. DW has this summary.
ConflictsJuly 29, 2022
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Cease-fire in Ukraine just a political ploy

Nick Connolly
Commentary
PoliticsAugust 1, 2020
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A Ukraine summit to Putin's taste

Bernd Riegert
Commentary
PoliticsDecember 10, 2019
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Kyiv risks divided Ukraine

Bernd Johann
Commentary
ConflictsMarch 18, 2017
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Donbass journalists targeted

Bernd Johann
Commentary
May 14, 2016