Officials in the eastern Ukraine province of Donetsk, which is seized by Russia, report that two people have died and 12 have been injured as a result of shelling.
“Twelve civilians were wounded to varying degrees of severity in the Petrovsky and Leninsky districts of Donetsk, Yasinovataya,” the Donetsk People’s Republic said in a statement.
Donetsk is one of four Ukrainian territories that Moscow unlawfully annexed last year and has been held by separatists with Russian support for eight years.
Destroyed #Russian tank
— Cloooud |🇺🇦 (@GloOouD) April 30, 2023
Location: East of Ukraine (#Donetsk region)
100 Territory Defence of Volyn🥰❤️ pic.twitter.com/AaEgiNQRMy
This past weekend, there were a flurry of purported Ukrainian strikes. The local governor reported that two civilians were murdered in a village in the Bryansk area of Russia as a result of Ukrainian shelling.
Meanwhile, two civilians have died in a village in Russia’s Bryansk region following Ukrainian shelling, the local governor Alexander Bogomaz said.
One residential building had been completely destroyed and another two houses were partially damaged, he said.
The Bryansk region shares a border to its south with Ukraine and to its west with Belarus.
⚡️The Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled the village of Suzemka in the Bryansk region, Russia. pic.twitter.com/xQkqvuevHl
— War Monitor (@WarMonitors) April 29, 2023
On Saturday, officials in Russian-controlled areas of Ukraine reported attacks. A suspected drone triggered a fire in the Crimean port city of Sevastopol while the southern Ukrainian town of Nova Kakhovka came under “severe artillery fire.”
The news comes amid warnings from Ukraine that its preparations are almost complete for a spring counter-offensive that many experts believe could mark a pivotal moment in the conflict.