The Donbas region of eastern Ukraine has long been known as a gritty rust belt of mines and metal plants, and since 2014 as a land divided by fighting between government troops and Russian-led militants.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
The Irish Times: Ukrainians bank on Zelensky’s promise to make Donbas ‘flourish’
A view taken on Nov. 29, 2019 shows the coke factory in the industrial town of Avdiyivka in eastern Ukraine.
