Vladimir Putin's forces are attempting to capture Bakhmut so they can advance on the east of the country's main Ukrainian-held cities, Kramatorsk and Solviansk.
Pro-Moscow separatists have self-proclaimed a pair of independent republics, the Luhansk People's Republic and the Donetsk People's Republic, in Donbas since 2014.
Russian shelling killed seven civilians in Donetsk province on Friday, including four in Bakhmut, governor Pavlo Kyrylenko wrote on Saturday on Telegram.It came as Russian authorities reported shooting down a Ukrainian drone above the headquarters of Moscow's Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol in annexed Crimea.
The Russian-appointed governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev, said that a drone fell on the roof of the fleet's headquarters after being downed by local air defences.Smoke rises after blast at Black Sea portMeanwhile, Ukrainian officials said on Saturday that Russian shelling had collapsed balconies and blown out windows in the Mykolayiv region in the south of the country, injuring at least nine civilians.
Vitaliy Kim wrote in a Telegram post:"As of 1.30pm - nine wounded, including four children. All children in a serious condition. Ages range from three to 17."Reflecting the broadening frontlines of the nearly six-month war, a Ukrainian air strike hit targets in the largest Russian-occupied city in the southern Zaporizhzhia region, according to Ukrainian and Kremlin-backed local officials.
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