Russia hammers Ukraine's Donetsk region

Ukrainian soldiers fire at Russian positions in the Donetsk region.
Ukrainian soldiers fire at Russian positions in the eastern Donetsk region. -AP

Russian forces have struck targets across Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, a day after President Vladimir Putin declared victory in the neighbouring province of Luhansk after months of gruelling attritional warfare in which both sides lost many troops.

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