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)includinginternallydisplacedpeoplehttps://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1887523317395169451. Retrieved 2025-08-28  [c. 53,000 or]    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

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