The fighting continues to be fiercest in of Donbas 

The fighting continues to be fiercest in of Donbas - Kremlin

The fighting continues to be fiercest in the eastern region of Donbas, a Russian-speaking area that has been partially controlled by pro-Kremlin separatists since 2014.

“Attempts to attack Donbas continue. They completely ruined Rubizhne, Vonokvakha, just as Mariupol,” President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address late Friday, adding the Russians were “trying to do the same with Severodonetsk and many other cities”.

In the eastern city of Severodonetsk, 12 people were killed and another 40 wounded by Russian shelling.

Zelensky described the bombardment of Severodonetsk as “brutal and absolutely pointless”, as residents cowering in basements described an unending ordeal of terror.