Ukrainian strikes kill six in occupied Donetsk and Russian border regions

Ukrainian strikes killed six people, including two children, in occupied Donetsk and Russia's border regions of Belgorod and Bryansk, local authorities reported Monday. The attacks are part of Ukraine's ongoing retaliation for Russia's daily bombardments since the full-scale invasion began in February 2022.

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As a result of Ukrainian armed aggression in the Kalininsky district of Gorlovka, four civilians have been killed, including two children born in 2012 and 2013.

Four people, among them two children born in 2012 and 2013, died in the frontline town of Gorlivka in the occupied Donetsk region, according to the Moscow-installed administration. In the western Russian border regions of Bryansk and Belgorod, two people died from Ukrainian drone attacks early Monday.

These strikes followed intense Russian bombardments over the weekend, particularly targeting Kyiv. Ukrainian authorities stated that Russia used a nuclear-capable missile in the raid, which killed four people and injured over 100. Russia claimed its attack was retaliation for a Ukrainian drone strike on educational buildings in the Russian-occupied Lugansk region, which resulted in 21 deaths and more than 40 injuries.

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I for one, will not do it. I do not think that anyone else will do it.

Fighting on the front lines remains largely deadlocked, with both armies relying heavily on explosive-laden drones. Meanwhile, US-mediated negotiations to end the conflict, the worst in Europe since World War II, have been at a standstill since the outbreak of war in the Middle East. Separately, the Kremlin announced it would not relay Russian film director Andrei Zvyagintsev's plea to President Vladimir Putin to "end the slaughter" in Ukraine, calling his statement inappropriate.

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Millions of people from both sides of the contact line are dreaming just of one thing: for the massacres to stop.