Heavy shelling thought to be reprisal for Ukraine attack or preamble to renewed offensive on Donetsk cities
Russian artillery and rockets pounded the Ukrainian town of Bakhmut overnight and early on Wednesday in what some sources speculated was a reprisal for a Ukrainian attack using a US-supplied Himars missile system on a Russian air defence site in Luhansk.
Others suggested the shelling could signal a renewed Russian offensive aimed at cities in Donetsk province.
