Donetsk

American

[duh-netsk, duh-nyetsk] / dəˈnɛtsk, dʌˈnjɛtsk /

noun

a city in eastern Ukraine, in the Donets Basin.

Donetsk British

/ daˈnjɛtsk /

noun

Former names (from 1924 until 1961): Stalin, Stalino. a city in E Ukraine: the chief industrial centre of the Donbass; first ironworks founded by a Welshman, John Hughes (1872), after whom the town was named Yuzovka (Hughesovka). Pop: 992 000 (2005 est)

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Donetsk

Efforts to encircle Ukraine’s defensive bastions in the eastern Donetsk region failed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Slovyansk is one of four cities that make up Ukraine's "fortress belt" - a system of heavily reinforced defence lines in the parts of eastern region of Donetsk still under its control.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

Ukrainian forces have foiled Moscow’s offensive in the Donetsk region.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

Filashkin appealed to anyone who was still in the Donetsk region to move to safer regions of Ukraine.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

In their programming, the team repeatedly picked a location in Ukraine's Donetsk region as their target and used VPNs to circumvent Anthropic's geographic blocks.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

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