Donetsk Oblast

Flag of Donetsk Oblast

Coat of arms of Donetsk Oblast

Location of Donetsk Oblast in Ukraine

Donetsk Oblast (Ukrainian: Донецька область) is an oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. The administrative centre is Donetsk. The population of Donetsk Oblast was 4,100,280 in January 1st, 2021.^[1]

Russian soldiers are fighting Ukrainian soldiers (as of 2024). There is a line of control, that goes thru (2024) Donetsk Oblast. Sometimes it is called the Donetsk front. That front line is part of the Southern Front and the Eastern Front. Some of the settlements that are near the front (or on the front), are

Vuhledar^[2]
Pavlivka, on the side controlled by Russia (as of [2024's second quarter])^[3]
Staromaiorske^[4]

[1] "Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1" (PDF). Retrieved 26 December 2022.

[2] ttps://www.aa.com.tr/en/russia-ukraine-war/ukrainian-president-claims-russia-suffered-heavy-losses-amid-attempt-to-advance-to-vuhledar/3041670

[3] ttps://www.barrons.com/news/russia-says-key-village-captured-in-eastern-ukraine-01668431706

[4] ttps://english.elpais.com/international/2023-07-29/as-ukrainians-liberated-staromaiorske-soldiers-spent-a-month-fighting-alongside-bodies-of-their-enemies.html

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