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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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Mykhailo Mudryk was 22 when he joined Chelsea from Shakhtar Donetsk for an initial fee of £62m, potentially rising to £89m including add-ons.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

At that time, Liudmyla was working as a safety engineer on a poultry farm in Novoazovsk, a city in the Donetsk region close to the border with Russia.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

Novoseltseva was seven years old when her family fled their home in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, during Russia’s 2014 invasion of the region.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

Located in the city center, the Donetsk Regional Academic Drama Theater became a makeshift bomb shelter in the immediate days after the invasion, housing up to 1,500 Mariupoltsi pursuing refuge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

She then was transferred to Pretrial Detention Centre Number 5 in Donetsk, where she shared a small, filthy cell with around 20 common-law prisoners.

From Barron's ● May 8, 2026

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