KIEV (dpa-AFX) – According to official information, at least one person was killed and four others were seriously injured in Russian artillery attacks in eastern Ukraine. In the city of Pokrovsk on the edge of Donbass, which has been heavily fought over for weeks, a woman died and four people were injured in Konstantinovka when shells hit residential buildings, regional military administrator Vadim Filaschkin said on Telegram.
Heavy fighting was raging again around Pokrovsk, as the General Staff in Kyiv announced. In total, Russian units carried out 38 attacks at various points against the Ukrainian defense lines during the day with artillery support. The attacks were repelled, it was said. The information could not be independently confirmed.
According to Ukrainian strategy expert Andriy Ryzhenko, the Russian military is continuing its operational actions on the fronts around Donbass. “Above all, they are interested in Pokvrovsk, it is an economic goal,” Ryschenko said on the radio. “It is known that there are several coal mines there.” Therefore, the conquest of the city is important for Russia from an economic point of view./cha/DP/jha