A Russian Lancet drone strike on Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, has killed journalist Olena Hubanova and cameraman Yevhen Karmazin from the Ukrainian Freedom TV channel. Details: Filashkin did not provide further details but posted photos showing the journalists' destroyed car and what appeared to be their personal belongings,

Despite Russia's broad efforts to capture the entire Donetsk region by the end of this year, the deadline for its occupying forces has reportedly been pushed back to March 2026. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine in the article "Russian autumn offensive: How Ukrainian forces respond to enemy's new tactics.

The soldier took up arms a decade ago to defend her home region, Donetsk, where Ukraine has been battling Russian-backed forces since 2014. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, the region has become synonymous with Ukraine’s fight for survival. Battlefield developments in Donetsk are considered a gauge of each side’s fortunes in the war.

The Ukrainian defence forces have repelled another Russian assault involving armoured vehicles, motorbikes and quad bikes in the area of Chasiv Yar. Quote: "In the morning of 20 October, in the area of responsibility of the 24th Brigade,

Russia claimed on Monday that it took control of another village in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region where intense clashes continue as part of the war that continue since 2022.

Russian invaders wounded six residents of Donetsk region over the past day, October 19. According to Ukrinform, Head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration Vadym Filashkin reported this on Facebook. Russians injured people in Kostiantynivka, Druzhkivka, Staroraiske, and Oleksiievo-Druzhkivka.

The Washington Post reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin is demanding that Kyiv surrender full control of the Donetsk region, as a condition for ending the war.

U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly urged his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy to accept Russia’s terms for ending the war, warning that Vladimir Putin had said he would “destroy” Ukraine if it refused.

DONETSK REGION, Ukraine (AP) — From a bunker in eastern Ukraine, the 33-year-old soldier asks her comrade to fly a reconnaissance drone over her childhood home, hoping for a final glimpse before it becomes just another city pulverized by years of fighting.

The new approach of Trump and Putin weakens Kiev's position in negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. Maximum pressure on Zelenski due to the movements of Trump and Putin to seek an end to the war in Ukraine.