KYIV, Ukraine—Ukrainian forces reported heavy Russian strikes and attempts to advance on several towns in the eastern region of Donetsk, which has become a key focus of the near six-month war, but claimed that they had repelled many of the attacks.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine also reported Russian shelling of more than a dozen towns on the southern front—particularly the Kherson region, which is mainly controlled by Russian forces, although Ukrainian troops are capturing territory there.
