What is Donetsk Oblast?
{{multiple image | align = right | direction = vertical | width = 250 | header = Donetsk Oblast | image1 = Flag of Donetsk Oblast.svg | caption1 = {{Center|Flag of Donetsk Oblast}} | image2 = Coat of Arms of Donetsk Oblast 1999.svg | caption2 = {{Center|Coat of arms of Donetsk Oblast}} | image3 = Donetsk in Ukraine.svg | caption3 = {{Center|Location of Donetsk Oblast in [[Ukraine]]}} }} '''Donetsk Oblast''' ({{Lang-uk|Донецька область}}) is an [[Oblasts of Ukraine|oblast]] ([[province]]) of eastern [[Ukraine]]. The [[administrative centre]] is [[Donetsk]]. The [[population]] of Donetsk Oblast was 4,100,280 in January 1st, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|title=Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1|url=https://ukrstat.gov.ua/druk/publicat/kat_u/2021/zb/05/zb_chuselnist%202021.pdf|access-date=26 December 2022}}</ref> Russian soldiers are fighting Ukrainian soldiers (as of 2024). There is a line of control, that goes thru (2024) Donetsk Oblast. Sometimes it is called the ''Donetsk front''. That [[front]] line is part of the Southern Front and the Eastern Front. Some of the settlements that are near the front (or on the front), are *[[Vuhledar]]<ref>https://www.aa.com.tr/en/russia-ukraine-war/ukrainian-president-claims-russia-suffered-heavy-losses-amid-attempt-to-advance-to-vuhledar/3041670</ref> *[[Pavlivka]], on the side controlled by Russia (as of [2024's second quarter])<ref>https://www.barrons.com/news/russia-says-key-village-captured-in-eastern-ukraine-01668431706</ref> *[[Staromaiorske]]<ref>https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-07-29/as-ukrainians-liberated-staromaiorske-soldiers-spent-a-month-fighting-alongside-bodies-of-their-enemies.html</ref> ==History== Before 1961 it was called Stalino oblast. Russia said (2022) that it (Russia) has [[Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts|Annexed Donetsk and other places.]] The [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]] has not ended (as of 2024). ==Administrative divisions== *[[Bakhmut Raion]] ** [[Bakhmut (hrom