“Counter-battery work continues to intensify as much as possible,” he said in a video message on Telegram on Monday.

Pushilin noted that the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to strike at the central part of Donetsk.

Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that the Russian military continues to conduct an offensive in the Donetsk direction, while repelling an enemy counterattack, up to 40 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.