A Russian-backed, partially-recognized secessionist state proclaimed in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on 7 April 2014. It was later unilaterally annexed by Russia on 30 September 2022.

Donetsk Oblast, also referred to as Donechchyna, is an oblast in eastern Ukraine.

Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk also known as FC Shakhtar Donetsk, is a Ukrainian professional football club that was based in the city of Donetsk until 2014 when, due to the War in Donbas, the club was forced to move to Lviv, and played matches in Lviv and in Kharkiv whilst having its office headquarters and training facilities in Kyiv.

an engagement between the Ukrainian military and Russian military and its proxy forces of the Donetsk People's Republic during the War in Donbas.

Donetsk Sergei Prokofiev International Airport is a former airport located northwest of Donetsk, Ukraine, that was destroyed in 2014 during the war in Donbas.