“Cannonballs everywhere”… Ukraine urges Donetsk residents to evacuate
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Russia, which has gained control of Luhansk among the two provinces of Donbas, is stepping up its offensive against the rest of Donetsk.
Residents are testifying that shells are falling everywhere.
Ukrainian authorities are urging the 300,000 remaining Donetsk residents to evacuate.
Correspondent Lee Bong-seok.
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Donetsk province in eastern Ukraine is engulfed in flames.
After hearing a loud explosion, a man on a motorcycle can also be seen hurriedly running away.
“They’re bombarding everywhere now. But I don’t want to leave the house, because I have kids.”
Of the two provinces that make up Donbas, Russian forces, having virtually completely occupied the entire Luhansk Oblast, launched a massive offensive against the remaining Donetsk Oblast.
Donetsk Oblast is currently controlled by Ukraine 45%.
Most of them have left their homes, but it is estimated that 340,000 of Donetsk’s 1.67 million before the war remain.
As the Russian shelling intensified, the Donetsk regional military administration chief urged people to evacuate to save their lives, saying, “Russia has turned the entire Donetsk region into a battlefield.”
The Russian Ministry of Defense claims that two HIMARS rockets were destroyed during the attack on Donetsk.
“Two US-made Haimas and two related arsenals were destroyed by precision air strike missiles near Malotaraniuka, Donetsk.”
The Hi-Mars, which the US has supported so far, is a weapon that is expected to become a ‘game changer’ due to its excellent mobility.
If Russia’s claim is true, there are only two left on the battlefield.
However, the Ukrainian side refuted the news as fake news.
Ukrainian forces also announced that they had defeated Russian forces in Slovak, a key city in Donetsk Oblast.
This is Bongseok Lee from Yonhap News.
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