At least 15 were killed and many feared trapped after Russian rockets hit an apartment block in Ukraine\u0027s Donetsk region, officials said.
Ukraine also reported clashes with Russian troops on fronts in the east and south, while Moscow said its forces struck Ukrainian army hangars storing U.S.-produced M777 howitzers, a type of artillery, near Kostyantynivka in Donetsk region.
“The second, I do not even remember, there was lightning, we ran towards the second entrance and then straight into the basement. We sat there all night until this morning.” Russia, which says it is conducting a “special military operation” to demilitarize Ukraine, denies deliberately attacking civilians.tap here to see other videos from our teamLuhansk and Donetsk provinces comprise the Donbas, Ukraine’s eastern industrial region that has become Europe’s biggest battlefield in generations. Russia wants to wrest control of the Donbas on behalf of the separatists that it supports.
Luhansk region Governor Serhiy Gaidai said Russian forces were gathering near the village of Bilohorivka, about 50 km east of Sloviansk.
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