Donbas

The New York Times is reporting on daily life in Ukraine's so-called fortress cities — heavily fortified urban strongholds in the east that Russia has spent months trying to capture. The report describes how residents survive under constant shelling and dwindling services while Ukrainian defenders hold the lines. Readers are sharing and discussing the piece as fighting continues around cities such as Pokrovsk and others in the Donbas region.

The New York Times reports on emergency workers in two besieged Ukrainian cities in the Donbas, where rescuers continue to pull civilians from strikes and keep basic services running under constant attack. The report highlights how these 'fortress cities' endure through the work of emergency crews facing danger daily.