Donetsk Oblast

Donetsk Oblast
Flag of Donetsk Oblast
Coat of arms of Donetsk Oblast
Location of Donetsk Oblast in Ukraine

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.

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

CityPopulation estimateEstimated population (2022)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
Druzhkivka50,000
(as of 2025)
including
internally
displaced
people		[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 YarFighting 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


Donetsk[c. 901,000 or] 901,645Controlled by Russia (as of 2025)
Mariupol[c. 425,000 or] 425,681Controlled by Russia
Makiivka[c. 338,000 or] 338,968Controlled by Russia
Horlivka[c. 239,000 or] 239,828Controlled by Russia
Yenakiieve[c. 76,000 or] 6,673Controlled by Russia
Bakhmut[c. 71,000 or] 71,094Controlled by Russia
Khartsyzk[c. 56,000 or] 56,182Controlled by Russia
ChystiakoveControlled by Russia
ShakhtarskControlled by Russia
SnizhneControlled by Russia
YasynuvataControlled by Russia
AvdiivkaControlled by Russia
KhrestivkaControlled by Russia
DebaltseveControlled by Russia
DokuchaievskControlled by Russia
SelydoveControlled by Russia
VolnovakhaControlled by Russia
KurakhoveControlled by Russia
AmvrosiivkaControlled by Russia
ZuhresControlled by Russia
IlovaiskControlled by Russia
KrasnohorivkaControlled by Russia
VuhledarControlled by Russia
NovohrodivkaControlled by Russia
BunheControlled by Russia
ZhdanivkaControlled by Russia
KalmiuskeControlled by Russia
SvitlodarskControlled by Russia
NovoazovskControlled by Russia
UkrainskControlled by Russia
SoledarControlled by Russia
MospyneControlled by Russia
HirnykControlled by Russia
MarinkaControlled by Russia
Vuhlehirsk7,294Controlled 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

References

  1. ↑ "Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1" (PDF). Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  2. ↑ https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1887523317395169451. Retrieved 2025-08-28