Donbass
Donbas
- an industrial region in E Ukraine in the plain of the Rivers Donets and lower Dnieper: the site of a major coalfieldAlso called: Donets Basin
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The Donbass region is a harder nut to crack—the Ukrainians are determined to keep it.
They served in the volunteer Donbass Battalion, one of three specially organized National Guard battalions.
Bitter Survivors and Caravans of Coffins from Ukraine’s “Eastern Boiler”Anna Nemtsova
September 14, 2014
Unlike the dreary industrial region of Donbass where the fighting is concentrated, Crimea has great potential as a tourist center.
In the past three months over 2,500 civilians have been killed in the crossfires of Donbass.
As a result of the violent war in Donbass, more and more Ukrainians say their country should join NATO.