Drone kills Russian journalist in occupied Donetsk Oblast, wounds 5
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Drone kills Russian journalist in occupied Donetsk Oblast, wounds 5 others, Russian media reports

Russia’s Izvestia newspaper reported on Jan. 4 that a Ukrainian "kamikaze" drone attack killed one of its freelance reporters, Alexander Martemyanov, while he was traveling on a highway in occupied eastern Ukraine. According to Russia's state-owned RIA Novosti news agency, Martemyanov had been returning from reporting on shelling in the Russian-controlled city of Horlivka in […]
Russian attack in Donetsk Oblast kills 11-year-old boy
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Russian attack in Donetsk Oblast kills 11-year-old boy

Russia attacked a village in Donetsk Oblast on Nov. 20, killing an 11-year-old boy and seriously injuring his 13-year-old sister, regional police reported. A 63-year-old man was also hospitalized with multiple injuries following the attack, police said. Russia launched Tornado multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) armed with cluster munitions at Pershomaryivka in Donetsk Oblast's Kramatorsk district […]
Ukrainian forces defending Kurakhove thermal power plant amid intense fighting
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Ukrainian forces defending Kurakhove thermal power plant amid intense fighting in Donetsk Oblast, military says

Ukrainian troops are holding defensive lines at the Kurakhove thermal power plant despite fierce fighting in the sector, Khortytsia group of forces spokesperson Viktor Trehubov said on national television on Jan. 10. "Now the Russians are trying to attack in the area of Dachne, and drive Ukrainian forces out of Kurakhove. Ukrainian forces are holding […]
Ukraine conducts 'precision strike' on Russian army command post in
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Ukraine conducts 'precision strike' on Russian army command post in Donetsk Oblast, General Staff claims

Ukrainian forces struck a Russian army command post in Svitlodarsk in Russian-occupied Donetsk Oblast, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on Jan. 10. In a post on Facebook, the military said the "successful hit" targeted Russia's 3rd Army Corps. Svitlodarsk is located around 30 kilometers southeast of Bakhmut, and was occupied by Russian […]
Russian bank offers preferential mortgages in occupied parts of Ukraine's
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Russian bank offers preferential mortgages in occupied parts of Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk oblasts

Russia's VTB Bank has opened applications for preferential mortgages in the Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine's Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts, the state-controlled Interfax news agency reported on Oct. 30, citing the bank's press service. Moscow has launched incentives for Russian citizens to settle in the occupied territories while thousands of Ukrainians fled, aiming to Russify the […]