Donetsk Oblast
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 2021.[1]
Warfare in eastern Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War has been ongoing since 2014. As of 2025, the line of contact goes through Donetsk Oblast. Sometimes it is called the Donetsk front. It is part of the Southern Front and the Eastern Front.
Cities
| City | Estimated population (2022) | Later population estimates |
Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kramatorsk | [c. 147,000 or] 147,145 | ||
| Sloviansk | [c. 105,000 or] 105,141 | ||
| Kostiantynivka | [c. 67,000 or] 67,350 | ||
| Pokrovsk | [c. 60,000 or] 60,127 | ||
| Druzhkivka | [c. 53,000 or] 53,977 | ||
| Myrnohrad | [c. 46,000 or] 46,098 | ||
| Toretsk | |||
| Dobropillia | [c. 28,000 or] 28,170 | ||
| Lyman | |||
| Bilozerske | [c. 14,000 or] 14,634 | ||
| Mykolaivka | [c. 14,000 or] 14,210 | ||
| Chasiv Yar | Fighting is going on (as of 2025's third quarter) | ||
| Siversk | [c. 10,000 or] 10,875 | ||
| Rodynske | [c. 9,000 or] 9,850 | ||
| Bilytske | [c. 7,000 or] 7,764 |
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| Donetsk | [c. 901,000 or] 901,645 | Controlled by Russia (as of 2025) | |
| Mariupol | [c. 425,000 or] 425,681 | Controlled by Russia | |
| Makiivka | [c. 338,000 or] 338,968 | Controlled by Russia | |
| Horlivka | [c. 239,000 or] 239,828 | Controlled by Russia | |
| Yenakiieve | [c. 76,000 or] 6,673 | Controlled by Russia | |
| Bakhmut | [c. 71,000 or] 71,094 | Controlled by Russia | |
| Khartsyzk | [c. 56,000 or] 56,182 | Controlled by Russia | |
| Chystiakove | Controlled by Russia | ||
| Shakhtarsk | Controlled by Russia | ||
| Snizhne | Controlled by Russia | ||
| Yasynuvata | Controlled by Russia | ||
| Avdiivka | Controlled by Russia | ||
| Khrestivka | Controlled by Russia | ||
| Debaltseve | Controlled by Russia | ||
| Dokuchaievsk | Controlled by Russia | ||
| Selydove | Controlled by Russia | ||
| Volnovakha | Controlled by Russia | ||
| Kurakhove | Controlled by Russia | ||
| Amvrosiivka | Controlled by Russia | ||
| Zuhres | Controlled by Russia | ||
| Ilovaisk | Controlled by Russia | ||
| Krasnohorivka | Controlled by Russia | ||
| Vuhledar | Controlled by Russia | ||
| Novohrodivka | Controlled by Russia | ||
| Bunhe | Controlled by Russia | ||
| Zhdanivka | Controlled by Russia | ||
| Kalmiuske | Controlled by Russia | ||
| Svitlodarsk | Controlled by Russia | ||
| Novoazovsk | Controlled by Russia | ||
| Ukrainsk | Controlled by Russia | ||
| Soledar | Controlled by Russia | ||
| Mospyne | Controlled by Russia | ||
| Hirnyk | Controlled by Russia | ||
| Marinka | Controlled by Russia | ||
| Vuhlehirsk | 7,294 | Controlled by Russia |
There are some more cities, in Donetsk
History
Before 1961 it was called Stalino oblast.
Russia said (2022) that it (Russia) has Annexed Donetsk and other places.
Administrative divisions
- Bakhmut Raion
- Bakhmut (hromada)
- Chasiv Yar
- Siversk
- Soledar
- Svitlodarsk
- Toretsk, some Russian soldiers are there (2024's third quarter)
- Zvanivka
- Donetsk Raion
- Horlivka
- Kalmiuske
- Kramatorsk
- Mariupol (Russian soldiers have control, as of 2024)
- Pokrovsk
- Avdiivka
- Bilozerske
- Dobropillia
- Hrodivka, some Russian soldiers are there (year 2024)
- Kryvorizhia
- Kurakhove
- Marinka, some Russian soldiers are there (2024)
- Myrnohrad
- Novohrodivka
- Ocheretyne, some Russian soldiers are there (2024)
- Pokrovsk (hromada)
- Selydove
- Shakhove
- Udachne
- Volnovakha
- Khliobodarivka
- Komar
- Myrne
- Olhynka
- Staromlynivka, some Russian soldiers are there (2024's third quarter)
- Velyka Novosilka
- Volnovakha
- Vuhledar
Donetsk Oblast Media
Sviatohirsk Lavra, one of the oldest historical landmarks of Donetsk Oblast
Detailed map of Donetsk Oblast
Donetsk Oblast location map
- .Донецк
Map of the economic activity in the Donbas, including Donetsk Oblast.
Donetsk Regional Administration
Postysheva Street, Donetsk
International Bank, Mariupol
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References
- ↑ "Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1" (PDF). Retrieved 26 December 2022.
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