Ukrainian officials said Russian forces shelled the entire front line in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine on Thursday . One civilian was killed and 12 others wounded in the shelling, according to a Reuters source .
In a television interview, Ukrainian officials said Russian forces shelled the entire front line in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, as part of the Kremlin's scaled-back strategy to only secure the bulk of disputed territory.According to a Reuters source, Ukrainian artillery shelled the town of Toretsk southwest of Bakhmut, killing one civilian and damaging 12 buildings, killing one civilian and wounding 12 others.According to a Reuters source, Russian troops fired rocket launchers on the town of Lyman, which was recaptured by Ukrainian forces in November, one of a string of setbacks sustained by Russia since invasion of Luhansk province in February.Ukrainian presidential advisor Oleh Synehubov said in a video post that Ukrainian anti-aircraft forces downed several of the missiles trained on the Kharkiv region on Thursday evening.In a messaging app, Russian presidential advisor Oleh Synehubov said that the Russians have increased their presence in Donetsk and Luhansk.