Severodonetsk, another city and another target for russia s unrelenting bombardment. we tried to enter to speak to families taking shelter, but the thump of artillery was steadily coming closer. explosions let s go. well, wejust came here to go to a shelter, but there s shelling a bit close to us, and so we ve had to move out. a lot of crump of artillery going on at the moment. nothing appears to be sacred when russia wages war. this, one of the holiest sites in the donbas, but that didn t save svyatogorsk s historic monastery from being scarred by a russian air strike. this was once a popular tourist destination. now it s just another town
Where ukrainian forces have been fighting russian led separatists for the past eight years. 0ur defence correspondent, jonathan beale, reports now from eastern ukraine. this is now the sight and sound of the donbas. severodonetsk, another city and another target for russia s unrelenting bombardment. we tried to enter to speak to families taking shelter, but the thump of artillery was steadily coming closer. explosions well, wejust came here to go to a shelter, but there s shelling a bit close to us, and so we ve had to move out. a lot of crump of artillery going on at the moment. nothing appears to be sacred when russia wages war. this, one of the holiest sites in the donbas, but that didn t save svyatogorsk s historic monastery from being scarred
Where ukrainian forces have been fighting russian led separatists for the past eight years. our defence correspondent, jonathan beale, reports from eastern ukraine. this is now the sight and sound of the donbas. severodonetsk, another city and another target for russia s unrelenting bombardment. we tried to enter to speak to families taking shelter, but the thump of artillery was steadily coming closer. explosions let s go. well, wejust came here to go to a shelter, but there s shelling a bit close to us, and so we ve had to move out. a lot of crump of artillery going on at the moment. nothing appears to be sacred when russia wages war. this, one of the holiest sites in the donbas, but that didn t save svyatogorsk s historic monastery from being scarred by a russian air strike. this was once a popular tourist destination.
Been fighting russian led separatists for the past eight years. our defence correspondent, jonathan beale, reports now from eastern ukraine. this is now the sight and sound of the donbas. severodonetsk, another city and another target for russia s unrelenting bombardment. we tried to enter to speak to families taking shelter, but the thump of artillery was steadily coming closer. explosions well, wejust came here to go to a shelter, but there s shelling a bit close to us, and so we ve had to move out. a lot of crump of artillery going on at the moment. nothing appears to be sacred when russia wages war. this, one of the holiest sites in the donbas,
On the donbas region. moscow s forces already occupy large parts of the territory. defence correspondent jonathan beale reports from eastern ukraine. this is now the sight and sound of the donbas. severodonetsk, another city and another target for russia s unrelenting bombardment. 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. we tried to speak to families taking shelter. but the thump of artillery was steadily coming closer. we just came here to go