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Added on the 12/03/2023 08:57:01 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Ukrainian servicemen take refuge from the constant shelling in cellars near the far edge of the eastern town of Chasiv Yar, while convoys of tanks and armoured personnel carriers speed along the road to and from the Bakhmut frontlines.
Russia unleashed a massive missile barrage on cities across Ukraine early Thursday killing at least six people and targeting energy infrastructure facilities in the first attack on such a scale in three weeks.
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Russian forces continue to shell cities in the east as part of a concerted push to seize more land. Moscow claims to have killed 250 Ukrainian soldiers in just one day.
Ukrainian forces continue to hold positions in the strategic eastern town of Bakhmut, a city where Russian forces have laid siege to in recent weeks. President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian troops are facing the "most difficult" situation there, with locals having to contend with power cuts and near-freezing temperatures.