Ukraine braces for new Russian assaults
STORY: Russian forces, which earlier this month completed the capture of Luhansk province in the Donbas, have for weeks been shelling parts of neighboring Donetsk province.
Regional Donetsk governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said there was a significant buildup of Russian troops, particularly in the Bakhmut and Siversky areas, and around Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.
The entire front line in the region was under constant shelling as Russian troops tried to break through but were being repelled, he said.
The airstrike destroyed Bakhmut stadium, used as a training facility for Ukraine's Olympic athletes before the war.
