INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Russian-occupied city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine has been hit by the most intense wave of Ukrainian shelling since hostilities first
residential buildings, a hospital, a kindergarten and other buildings including a church.The pro-Russian mayor reported five more waves of
civilian infrastructure in the Donetsk region in the past 24 hours.The attacks come amid weeks of fierce fighting for the city of Bakhmut
separatists in the Donetsk region and the neighboring Luhansk region had been locked in a simmering conflict with Kyiv's forces between
2014 and the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine this year.Russia claims to have annexed the two regions after staging
referendums this fall which were widely dismissed as a sham by outside observers.AFP contributed reporting.
