Donetsk increasingly under fire from Ukrainian shelling

Illustrative photo: a Russian soldier in front of a school bombed on April 30 in Donetsk, taken on June 13, 2022. AFP - YURI KADOBNOV

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Day by day, the situation is becoming more and more tense in the Donbass.

In the Luhansk region, in Severodonetsk and Lysychansk, but also in Donetsk.

The capital of the self-proclaimed pro-Russian republic finds itself increasingly under Ukrainian fire.

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With our correspondent in Moscow,

Artillery fire resounds in Donetsk every day now.

Gusts that can be heard sometimes at night, sometimes during the day;

several dozen per hour, sometimes.

Calls to residents to take shelter urgently, paramedics who warn that they cannot move under fire.

Shots which this Saturday, June 18 were incessant: more than 200 shells in several districts, according to an official statement from the pro-Russian military forces at the start of the afternoon.

The situation is getting worse every day in #Donetsk in the self-proclaimed Republic of Donetsk.

Residents are asked not to leave their shelters and paramedics warn that they cannot move because of artillery fire on the city ➡️ https://t.co/h7n7kLe6Xs pic.twitter.com/x6hxSJVNr8

— Alexandra Dalsbaek (@alexdalsbaek) June 18, 2022

And above all, it is no longer simply the north of the agglomeration that has been affected, but for several days the center.

A cinema and a café in particular, according to Russian press agencies.

Result: five civilians killed, twelve wounded.

150 kilometers away as the crow flies, in Severodonetsk, the fighting continues.

Fierce battles in this key city.

Russian and pro-Russian forces continue to deploy forces in the region.

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