Fighting has concentrated in Donbas since an aggressive Ukrainian counteroffensive in late August
Russia increased shelling of Ukraine’s eastern regions outside the main front line in the Donbas industrial area, officials from the Zaporizhzhia and Sumy regions said on Saturday.
After invading its neighbour on Feb. 24, Russia has attacked other parts of Ukraine’s east but failed to capture them. The intensified shelling comes as President Volodymyr Zelensky and other Ukrainian officials have saidRussian’s attacks seek to overload Ukraine’s defences and deter Kyiv from retaking territory, officials and analysts say.
Countering Moscow’s claim of recent advances, Yevhen Yerin, a military spokesperson in Zaporizhzhia, told the Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne, “At the moment, they have not captured anything. All their attempts have been repulsed and the enemy has suffered losses.” Russian forces launched 115 strikes in the Sumy region that borders Russia in Ukraine’s northeast, regional Governor Dmytro Zhyvytsky said on Telegram.
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