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    Donetsk Oblast, also referred to as Donechchyna (Ukrainian: Донеччина, IPA: [doˈnɛtʃːɪnɐ]), is an oblast in eastern Ukraine. It is Ukraine's most populous...
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    located on the Kalmius River in Donetsk Oblast, which is currently occupied by Russia as the capital of the Donetsk People's Republic. The population...
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  • There are 52 populated places in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, that have been officially granted city status (Ukrainian: місто, romanized: misto) by the Verkhovna...
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    comprising the occupied parts of eastern Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast, with its capital in Donetsk. The DPR was created by Russian-backed paramilitaries...
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  • Referendums on the status of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, parts of Ukraine that together make up the Donbas region, were claimed to have taken place on...
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  • Yasynuvata urban hromada, Donetsk Raion (district in Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine, at about 20 km NNW from the centre of Donetsk city. Spartak borders from...
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    the Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts are commonly abbreviated as "ORDLO" from Ukrainian, especially among Ukrainian news media. ("certain areas of Donetsk and...
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    governor of Donetsk Oblast is the head of executive branch for the Donetsk Oblast. Due to the current Russo-Ukrainian War Donetsk Oblast is, since 5 March...
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    The Donetsk Oblast Council (Ukrainian: Донецька обласна рада) is the regional oblast council (parliament) of the Donetsk Oblast (province) located in...
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  • election day, one year after the Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts. The results were largely rejected by the international...
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    November  Russia recaptured Pavlivka, Donetsk Oblast between 11–14 November 2022.  Russia recaptured Opytne, Donetsk Oblast between 11–17 November 2022.  Russia...
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    romanized: Krasny Liman, lit. 'Red Liman') from 1925 to 2016, is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Until 2016, it also served as the administrative center of...
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    Donetsk Oblast. The city is located on the Bakhmutka River, about 90 kilometres (55 miles) north of Donetsk, the administrative center of the oblast....
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    Ямполь) is a rural settlement in Lyman urban hromada, Kramatorsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It is located to the southeast of Lyman, lying north...
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  • settlement in Horlivka Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. Since 2014, it has been under the control of the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic. Population:...
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  • are approximately 963 villages (Ukrainian: села, romanized: sela) in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Villages are one of the smallest and most basic type of populated...
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    Pokrovsk (category Cities in Donetsk Oblast)
    Raion in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is located 56 kilometres (35 mi) northwest of Donetsk. Prior to 2020, it was incorporated as a city of oblast significance...
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    needed] after other pro-Russian separatists declared Donetsk People's Republic in the Donetsk Oblast (7 April 2014). When the Luhansk Parliamentary Republic...
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    commando unit headed by Russian citizen Igor Girkin seized Sloviansk in Donetsk oblast. The Ukrainian military launched an operation against them. The war...
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    Udachne (category Donetsk Oblast geography stubs)
    Udachne (Ukrainian: Удачне) is an rural settlement in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Udachne settlement...
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    Kalmiuske or Komsomolske is a city in Kalmiuske Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is a limestone mining city, located on the Kalmius river of eastern...
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    Ocheretyne (Ukrainian: Очеретине) is a rural settlement in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Ocheretyne...
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    Eastern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (category Donetsk Oblast in the Russian invasion of Ukraine)
    Ukraine's easternmost oblasts, Donetsk, Luhansk, and Kharkiv, have been the site of an ongoing theatre of operation since the start of the Russian invasion...
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    invasion of Ukraine, Russia annexed the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine. While Donetsk and Luhansk were incorporated as republics...
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  • Donetsk Oblast is subdivided into districts (raions) which are further subdivided into territorial communities (hromadas). On 18 July 2020, the number...
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    Pokrovsk offensive (category Donetsk Oblast in the Russian invasion of Ukraine)
    primary goal of capturing the strategic city of Pokrovsk in western Donetsk Oblast. Fighting increased with the Russian advance into and subsequent capture...
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    advantage of the situation and occupied government buildings in Donetsk, Luhansk, and Kharkiv oblasts in early March 2014. The Ukrainian government was able to...
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  • puppet states of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic in the Russian-occupied Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine, and the...
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    Battle of Kurakhove (category Donetsk Oblast in the Russian invasion of Ukraine)
    offensive in the Donbas and Donetsk Oblast, aiming to capture economic and defensive stronghold cities in southern Donetsk Oblast, among them Kurakhove and...
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  • a rural settlement in Donetsk Raion (district) in Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, at 17.2 km NNE from the centre of Donetsk city. The settlement was...
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