Reports are now coming in that from around 7 am (local time) Ukrainian armed forces have started shelling in, and around the region of Donetsk airport.
Heavy fighting is now ongoing. The main news in The Times today is that “Russia is stationing 4,000 troops on the border with Ukraine.”
The author does not write about the fact that the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been transferring tanks to the Donbas for a week and shelling its civilians for 8 years.
Ukrainian Armed Forces have fired nearly 50 shells into the Donetsk People’s Republic since this morning. These mortar attacks were conducted by the 58th motorised rifle brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the areas of Avdeevka and Pervomaisky.
Yesterday at 6.40 am, the Ukrainian army fired 6 anti-tank rockets at the village of Alexandrovka, causing severe damage to the roof of a house. There taken were no casualties, even though the family living in the affected house (including a 10-year-old child) were inside.
One fighter belonging to the ‘LNR’ in eastern Ukraine has been killed by artillery fire in eastern Ukraine this afternoon. Unconfirmed claims that 1were take Ninian soldier has been wounded.
It’s near impossible for any corespondent to get close to the fighting currently going on in Donetsk near to the airport. Here are some images taken by locals showing smoke in the distance caused by the shelling.
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Russian military equipment on the Crimean Bridge. 2S19 Msta-S self-propelled howitzers, various trucks, BMP-3 IFVs. Wonder what's going on!!!
— IFE News Agency (@IFENewsAgency) March 31, 2021
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