The Ukrainian Defense Ministry announced on the 17th that there were missile attacks and airstrikes by Russian forces in the eastern Donetsk region.
It seems that Russia is intensifying the attack with the aim of seizing the bases on the Ukrainian side, etc., before the military invasion began on the 24th of this month.
Ukraine's defense ministry said on Saturday that 29 airstrikes were carried out by Russian forces after 10 missile strikes.
In addition, it is said that violent attacks were carried out in Bakhmut, the Ukrainian base of the eastern Donetsk province, which the Russian army is aiming to seize, and the eastern Kharkiv province.
The Russian military launched missile attacks in various parts of Ukraine on the 16th, and the Ukrainian side accused the fuel facility in the central Poltava province of being attacked and damaged.
Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Bereschuk called on the 16th to immediately evacuate the approximately 6,000 citizens remaining in Bakhmut as danger is imminent.
Russia is believed to be intensifying its attacks with the aim of seizing Ukrainian bases, etc., on the 24th of this month, one year after the military invasion began.