Ukraine Intensifies Strikes Against Russian-Controlled Areas

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• Ukrainian artillery pounded Donetsk, the largest Russian-controlled metropolis in Donbas.
• A Ukrainian missile assault on an ammunition warehouse seemingly got here as a setback for Russia’s assault on Severodonetsk.
• Russian missiles hit Ukraine’s second-largest metropolis, Kharkiv, in addition to oil refineries in northeastern and central areas.

Ukraine intensified artillery and missile strikes towards the Russian-controlled components of the Donbas area, focusing on weapons depots and navy bases in an effort to stall a Russian offensive, whereas Moscow unleashed new salvoes of long-range missiles—a few of them shot down by air defenses—on cities throughout Ukraine.

The metropolis of Donetsk, the largest in Russian-controlled Donbas, this weekend got here underneath the worst artillery barrages because the battle in japanese Ukraine started in 2014. The strikes hit navy services, in response to video footage of burning ammunition depots posted on native social-media channels, but in addition broken civilian infrastructure. The Russian-appointed mayor of Donetsk, Aleksey Kulemzin, whose workplace was additionally hit by the shelling, stated 5 civilians had been killed.