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Russia’s main attacks appear to be focused on Luhansk and Donetsk, with Ukrainian officials earlier reporting strikes on Saturday in both. Those two provinces, parts of which were occupied by pro-Russian separatists before the conflict began in February, comprise the eastern industrial region of the Donbas.
Donetsk regional Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said on the Telegram messaging service that a Russian missile had struck Druzhkivka, a town behind the front line, and reported shelling of other population centres. Luhansk Governor Serhiy Gaidai said on Telegram that Russian forces were “firing along the entire front line”, though a subsequent Ukrainian counter-attack had forced Moscow to halt its offensive.
