List of cities in Donetsk Oblast

There are 52 populated places in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, that have been officially granted city status () by the Verkhovna Rada, the country's parliament. Settlements with more than 10,000 people are eligible for city status, although the status is typically also granted to settlements of historical or regional importance. As of 5 December 2001, the date of the first and only official census in the country since independence, the most populous city in the oblast was the regional capital, Donetsk, with a population of 1,016,194 people, while the least populous city was Sviatohirsk, with 5,136 people. To access the statistics, scroll down to the section titled "Кількість та територіальне розміщення населення України" (). Then, click on the linked text "Публікація у електронному вигляді" (). This will download the statistics as a RAR file from which it can be accessed using RAR file converters such as 7-Zip. The most recent settlement to receive city status is Mykolaivka, which was granted the status by the Verkhovna Rada on 18 November 2003.

From independence in 1991 to 2020, 28 cities in the oblast were designated as cities of regional significance (municipalities), which had self-government under city councils, while the oblast's remaining 24 cities were located in 18 raions (districts) as cities of district significance, which are subordinated to the governments of the raions. On 18 July 2020, an administrative reform abolished and merged the oblast's raions and cities of regional significance into eight new, expanded raions. The eight raions that make up the oblast are Bakhmut, Donetsk, Horlivka, Kalmiuske, Kramatorsk, Mariupol, Pokrovsk, and Volnovakha. After the enactment of decommunization laws, ten cities within the oblast were renamed in 2016 for their former names' connection to people, places, events, and organizations associated with the Soviet Union. The renamed cities are Bakhmut, Bunhe, Chystiakove, Kalmiuske, Khrestivka, Lyman, Myrnohrad, Pokrovsk, Toretsk, and Zalizne, which were previously named Artemivsk, Yunokomunarivsk, Torez, Komsomolske, Kirovske, Krasnyi Lyman, Dymytrov, Krasnoarmiisk, Dzerzhynsk, and Artemove, respectively.

Following the Donbas war, pro-Russian separatist forces controlled all 21 cities located in the Donetsk, Horlivka, and Kalmiuske raions by 2015. After 24 February 2022, during Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, an additional nineteen cities were occupied by Russian troops of which, Lyman and Sviatohirsk were recovered by Ukraine. For their contributions to the country's defense during the invasion, seven cities in the oblast were awarded with the honorary title Hero City of Ukraine: Mariupol and Volnovakha in 2022, and Druzhkivka, Kostiantynivka, Kramatorsk, Pokrovsk, and Sloviansk in 2025.

List of cities

+ Name Name(in Ukrainian) Raion (district) Population(2022 estimates) Population(2001 census) PopulationchangeAmvrosiivka Амвросіївка Donetsk Avdiivka Авдіївка Pokrovsk Bakhmut Бахмут Bakhmut Bilozerske Білозерське Pokrovsk Bilytske Білицьке Pokrovsk Bunhe Бунге Horlivka Chasiv Yar Часів Яр Bakhmut Chystiakove Чистякове Horlivka Debaltseve Дебальцеве Horlivka Dobropillia Добропілля Pokrovsk Dokuchaievsk Докучаєвськ Kalmiuske Donetsk Донецьк Donetsk Druzhkivka Дружківка Kramatorsk Hirnyk Гірник Pokrovsk Horlivka Горлівка Horlivka Ilovaisk Іловайськ Donetsk Khartsyzk Харцизьк Donetsk Khrestivka Хрестівка Horlivka Kalmiuske Кальміуське Kalmiuske Kostiantynivka Костянтинівка Kramatorsk Kramatorsk Краматорськ Kramatorsk Krasnohorivka Красногорівка Pokrovsk Kurakhove Курахове Pokrovsk Lyman Лиман Kramatorsk Makiivka Макіївка Donetsk Marinka Мар'їнка Pokrovsk Mariupol Маріуполь Mariupol Mospyne Моспине Donetsk Mykolaivka Миколаївка Kramatorsk Myrnohrad Мирноград Pokrovsk Novoazovsk Новоазовськ Kalmiuske Novohrodivka Новогродівка Pokrovsk Pokrovsk Покровськ Pokrovsk Rodynske Родинське Pokrovsk Selydove Селидове Pokrovsk Shakhtarsk Шахтарськ Horlivka Siversk Сіверськ Bakhmut Sloviansk Слов'янськ Kramatorsk Snizhne Сніжне Horlivka Soledar Соледар Bakhmut Sviatohirsk Святогірськ Kramatorsk Svitlodarsk Світлодарськ Bakhmut Toretsk Торецьк Bakhmut Ukrainsk Українськ Pokrovsk Volnovakha Волноваха Volnovakha Vuhledar Вугледар Volnovakha Vuhlehirsk Вуглегірськ Horlivka Yasynuvata Ясинувата Donetsk Yenakiieve Єнакієве Horlivka Zalizne Залізне Bakhmut Zhdanivka Жданівка Horlivka Zuhres Зугрес Donetsk

List of cities in Donetsk Oblast

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