KYIV, Ukraine—Ukraine has so far thwarted an attempted Russian advance into the northern part of its Donetsk region, but the city of Sloviansk and other civilian areas are being heavily shelled, Ukrainian officials said on July 6.
Russia has increased its focus on Donetsk, the southern part of which the country and its proxies already control, after completing its seizure of the neighboring Luhansk region on July 3 with the capture of Lysychansk, which now lies in ruins.
