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more from the western city of lviv. russian firepower on display in these pictures released by the defence ministry and in the skies over ukraine. it says missiles and artillery hit over 1,200 targets last night ahead of a new surge to push its forces forward across the east of the country. in this operation, we will continue. it is beginning, i mean, another stage of this operation is beginning and i m sure this will be a very important moment of this entire special operation. pro russian leaders in donetsk say special forces are storming mariupol s steelworks, where the last ukrainian soldiers were holding out. the renewed advance along the eastern edge has been anticipated for weeks and the ukrainians say they are ready. we can assess now that the russian troops have begun the battle for donbas
of the country. in this operation, we will continue. it is beginning, i mean, another stage of this operation is beginning and eventually, this will be a very important moment of this entire special operation. pro russian leaders in donetsk say special forces are storming mariupol s steelworks, where the last ukrainian soldiers were holding out. the renewed advance along the eastern edge has been anticipated for weeks and the ukrainians say they are ready. translation: we can assess i now that the russian troops have begun the battle for donbas for which they have been preparing for a long time. a very large part of the russian army is now concentrated on this offensive. no matter how many of the russian troops are driven there, we will be fighting, we will defend ourselves. more soldiers are getting ready to join the battle. we were invited to film these volunteers training
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good afternoon. moscow claims to have struck more than 1,000 targets overnight in what ukraine says is the launch of a large scale offensive in its eastern donbas region. the move marks a new phase in the conflict. ukraine says russia is continuing to move military equipment into the area from russian territory. in his nightly televised address, president volodymr zelensky pledged to defend the whole of his country. 0ur correspondent, danjohnson, has more from the western city of lviv. russian firepower on display. in these pictures released by the defence ministry and in the skies over ukraine. it says missiles and artillery hit over 1200 targets last night ahead of a new surge to push its forces forward across the east