Donetsk

[duh-netsk, duh-nyetsk]

noun

1. a city in eastern Ukraine, in the Donets Basin.

Donetsk

/ daˈnjɛtsk /

noun

1. 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)

Example Sentences

The Russian military also said it captured a rural settlement in Donetsk, Komyshevakha, on Saturday morning.

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Moscow has not laid claim to Dnipropetrovsk, unlike Donetsk and Ukraine's four other eastern regions.

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Russia has claimed throughout the summer that it has entered the area, as its forces try to push deeper into Ukrainian territory from the Donetsk region.

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The Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine has long been in Moscow's sights.

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On Saturday, Russia said its forces in eastern Ukraine seized two villages in the Donetsk region.

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