Donetsk

[duh-netsk, duh-nyetsk]

noun

1. a city in eastern Ukraine, in the Donets Basin.

Donetsk

/ daˈnjɛtsk /

noun

1. 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)

Example Sentences

Zelensky has repeatedly argued that withdrawing from Donetsk and Luhansk – together known as the Donbas – would leave the rest of the country vulnerable to future attacks.

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Fighting continued overnight, with six people reportedly killed in Russian attacks in the Kharkiv, Kherson and Donetsk regions of Ukraine.

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There are growing signs that the key eastern city of Pokrovsk may fall, giving Russian forces a boost in morale and a fresh platform to seize more of the Donetsk region.

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Penchukov says that throughout the late 2000s, the Jabber Zeus crew would work out of an office in the centre of Donetsk, putting in six to seven-hour days stealing money from victims overseas.

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Taking Pokrovsk would advance its immediate aim of seizing all of the eastern Donetsk province, although Ukraine still controls a clutch of large cities further north in the region.

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