Russia launches major 'offensive' in eastern UkraineNadia (right) attends the funeral of her husband and two other victims killed by Russian invaders, conducted by Andrii Holovine (centre), priest of the church of St Andrew Pervozvannoho All Saints, at a cemetery in Bucha, Ukraine on Monday. (AFP photo)Moscow launched dozens of air strikes across eastern Ukraine overnight, its defence ministry said Tuesday, after Kyiv accused Russian forces of unleashing a major new offensive in the Donbas region. "The Russian occupiers intensified offensive operations along the entire line of contact," the general staff of Ukraine's armed forces said in a report published early Tuesday. Russian shelling killed at least eight civilians in eastern Ukraine, according to local authorities. Its foreign policy chief Josep Borrell pointed to "particularly heavy attacks" in eastern and southern Ukraine and an offensive against second city Kharkiv, where officials said Russian shelling killed three people.

Source: Bangkok Post April 19, 2022 22:47 UTC