Donbass

British

/ dɒnˈbɑːs /

noun

Also called: Donets Basin. an industrial region in E Ukraine in the plain of the Rivers Donets and lower Dnieper: the site of a major coalfield

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In 2014, Russia seized Crimea from Ukraine by force and backed separatist uprisings in eastern Ukraine's Donbass region.

From Reuters

How do we rationalize the eight years of warfare against ethnic Russians in the Donbass region before the Russian invasion in February 2022?

From Salon

Berlusconi said that if Zelenskiy had stopped attacking the two separatist republics of the Donbass the war would not have happened.

From Reuters

Early in this documentary from Ukraine, a family in the war-torn region of Donbass sets up a makeshift studio in their living room to shoot some scenes for a film.

From New York Times

Food needs could spike again as Ukrainian authorities look to relocate up to 350,000 people in the eastern Donbass region of the country where fighting has been intense.

From Reuters

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