The General Staff said Russian forces suffered significant losses in the area, including 910 killed, 335 wounded, and 37 captured.

In temporarily occupied Donetsk, explosions can be heard. The city is under a massive attack by unidentified strike drones, according to local and Russian Telegram channels. Explosions are occurring in various parts of the city.

Small groups of Russian troops have pierced parts of Ukraine’s defenses in its eastern Donetsk region, according to local officials, as Russia appears to be making an 11th-hour dash to snatch as much territory as possible ahead of the planned meeting between President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump on Friday.

(Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin has demanded that Ukraine withdraw from the eastern Donetsk region as a condition for ending Russia's war but told U.S. President Donald Trump he could freeze the rest of the frontline if his core demands were met,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told his US counterpart Donald Trump that Kyiv rejects a demand put forward by Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin to cede the still-unoccupied areas of Donetsk Oblast to Russia in exchange for freezing the front in other regions,

Moscow has pressed forward across Donetsk in recent weeks, piercing Ukrainian defenses while intensifying drone warfare and shelling of civilian areas.

US President Trump reportedly conveyed Putin's demand for Donetsk to Ukraine's Zelenskyy. Why is this industrial region so crucial, and what does it mean for the war?

Ukrainian troops recapture the villages of Hruzke, Rubizhne, Novovodiane, Petrivka, Vesele, Zolotyi Kolodyaz, according to General Staff - Anadolu Ajansı

As part of the prisoner exchange on 14 August, three doctors who had endured Russian sham trials and more than seven years of captivity have been brought back to territory controlled by Ukraine. Along with 48 other civilians,