Amid a wave of positive headlines about Russian refineries in flames and logistics crippled, the battle for the legendary "fortress belt" of Ukraine's Donbas region has begun in earnest, with Russian ...

Russian troops have infiltrated Ukraine’s fortress belt city of Kostyantynivka, a crucial gateway to the rest of the Donbas.

By Ben Aris in Berlin Russian forces have continued to make incremental gains across eastern Ukraine, moving closer to ...

Russia is grinding its way into Kostiantynivka, a key stronghold in Ukraine's eastern "fortress belt" long coveted by the ...

A strategic line of towns and cities is crucial to Ukraine’s defence – and where the war is at its most brutal ...

Russian troops appear to be making tactical advances just northwest of Avdiivka toward a so-called "fortress belt" of Ukrainian cities, war analysts report. Though it remains to be seen whether ...

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Ukrainian soldiers prepare to load bombs onto drones as they defend the Donbas from Russian advances - Pierre Crom / Getty Russian troops have infiltrated Ukraine’s fortress belt city of ...