Donetsk Oblast

**Donetsk Oblast** () is an oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. The administrative centre is Donetsk. The population of Donetsk Oblast was 4,100,280 in 2021.

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||Population estimate||Estimated population (2022)||Information|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Kramatorsk||[c. 147,000 or]|||||
|Sloviansk||[c. 105,000 or]|||||
|Kostiantynivka||[c. 67,000 or]|||||
|Pokrovsk||[c. 60,000 or]|||||
|Druzhkivka|(as of 2025) including internally displaced people ||align="right"| [c. 53,000 or]  ||align="right"|||||||
|Myrnohrad||[c. 46,000 or]|||||
|Toretsk|||||||
|Dobropillia||[c. 28,000 or]|||||
|Lyman|||||||
|Bilozerske||[c. 14,000 or]|||||
|Mykolaivka||[c. 14,000 or]|||||
|Chasiv Yar|||Fighting is going on (as of 2025's third quarter)||||
|Siversk||[c. 10,000 or]|||||
|Rodynske||[c. 9,000 or]|||||
|Bilytske||[c. 7,000 or]|||||
|Donetsk||[c. 901,000 or]|Controlled by Russia (as of 2025)||||
|Mariupol||[c. 425,000 or]|Controlled by Russia||||
|Makiivka||[c. 338,000 or]|Controlled by Russia||||
|Horlivka||[c. 239,000 or]|Controlled by Russia||||
|Yenakiieve||[c. 76,000 or]|Controlled by Russia||||
|Bakhmut||[c. 71,000 or]|Controlled by Russia||||
|Khartsyzk||[c. 56,000 or]|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|||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
    - Amvrosiivka
    - Donetsk (hromada)
    - Ilovaisk
    - Khartsyzk
    - Makiivka
    - Yasynuvata
- Horlivka
    - Chystiakove
    - Debaltseve
    - Horlivka (hromada)
    - Khrestivka
    - Shakhtarsk
    - Snizhne
    - Vuhlehirsk
    - Zhdanivka
    - Yenakiieve
- Kalmiuske
    - Boykivske
    - Dokuchaievsk
    - Kalmiuske (hromada)
    - Novoazovsk
    - Starobesheve
- Kramatorsk
    - Andriivka
    - Cherkaske
    - Druzhkivka
    - Illinivka
    - Kostiantynivka
    - Kramatorsk (hromada)
    - Lyman
    - Mykolaivka
    - Novodonetske
    - Oleksandrivka
    - Sloviansk
    - Sviatohirsk
- Mariupol (Russian soldiers have control, as of 2024)
    - Kalchyk
    - Manhush
    - Mariupol (hromada)
    - Nikolske
    - Sartana
- 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