As the fight for the Donetsk region intensifies, Ukraine's President says it will be remembered as 'one of the most brutal battles' in European history.
The main goal of Russia's forces in Ukraine is to protect the Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics, the Kremlin has said.The Russian-backed leader of Donetsk says he needs Moscow's help to drive back Ukrainian forcesThe Kremlin says it launched missile strikes to destroy Western-made military equipment
Denis Pushilin said there had been increased fighting and shelling in the region and added that "all necessary forces" would be needed to "counter the enemy". RIA reported earlier that several civilians, including a child, died in Ukrainian shelling on Monday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces had driven the Russians out of more than 1,000 settlements since the war began.
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