The Russian city was subjected to heavy howitzer and rocket artillery fire by Kiev’s forces Ukrainian troops have pummeled the city of Donetsk with heavy artillery throughout Saturday, according to a local group that monitors Ukrainian strikes. Over 100 projectiles were fired into residential and suburban areas of the city throughout the day, the report claims.

Outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has said the EU must accept that Russia is “not going away” The EU will have to build some form of relationship with Russia when the Ukraine conflict ends, outgoing Dutch Prime Minister and the next likely NATO chief Mark Rutte has said.

The court also sentenced the elderly woman, who left the country years ago, to four years in prison A court in the Ukrainian city of Vinnytsa has mandated the confiscation of the apartment of an 80-year-old woman for posting pro-Russia comments on social media, the Ukrainian news daily TSN reported on Saturday.