In eastern Ukraine, kyiv expects a new Russian offensive, in the Donetsk region, forming the Donbass – partially controlled since 2014 by pro-Russian separatists – with that of Lugansk, of which the Russians have claimed completely taken over.
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The death toll from the Russian bombardment on Sunday of an apartment building in Chassiv Iar, in the same mining basin, has risen to at least 45 dead, according to the latest Ukrainian relief report.
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In Bakhmout (photo), another locality in the Donetsk region, artillery fire was heard on Tuesday in an almost deserted city center. “You can’t run away from war and you never know where it will find you,” simply summed up Lioubov Mojayeva, a 60-year-old agronomist. “The front is getting closer,” notes, resigned, Dmytro Podkuyidko, a town hall official.
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