Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said the Donbas region of east Ukraine is continuing to see what he called 'massive air and artillery strikes.'
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Several cities, towns and villages in the Luhansk region have been the focus of severe fighting for several weeks, with Russian and Ukrainian forces engaged in street battles while Russian artillery fire destroys infrastructure and homes in the region. "Lysychansk, Slovyansk, Kramatorsk — they aim to turn any city into Mariupol. Completely ruined." He said the southern port of Mykolaiv and the northeastern city of Kharkiv were hit by missile strikes yesterday.
"The enemy has taken over the settlements of Loskutívka and Rai-Oleksandrivka," Serhiy Haidai said on Facebook Thursday, in his latest update on the military action in his province. He said Russian forces were "storming" an orphanage in the area. Outside of Ukraine, Russian intelligence agencies have also stepped up espionage and network intrusion activities, targeting 128 organizations in 42 countries, Microsoft said.
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