Heavy shelling in Russian-controlled Ukraine as Christmas truce ruled out

JEDDAH, 16 December 2022, (TON): Ukrainian forces staged their heaviest shelling attack in years in the country’s Russian-controlled east as both sides ruled out a Christmas truce in the nearly 10-month-old war.

Alexei Kulemzin, the Russian-backed mayor of Donetsk city, said 40 rockets were fired from BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launchers at civilians in the city center in the early hours.

Ukrainian officials said “meanwhile, Russian forces kept up shelling and airstrikes along the entire eastern front line, killing one person, while two were killed in the southern city of Kherson.”

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