Russian attacks killed two and wounded more than a dozen others in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine on Friday, regional officials said.
Moscow has centred its firepower on the industrial region, which it claims to have annexed and has been partially controlled by Kremlin-backed forces since 2014.
鈥楢 village council employee was killed and 14 of her colleagues were wounded during hostile shelling in the Volnovakha district,鈥� prosecutors said in a statement.
The head of the region said one person was killed and another was wounded in a Russian Smerch rocket attack on the town of Ukrainsk.
鈥楾he Selydivska community is constantly under enemy attack 鈥� it is dangerous to stay here, as well as in the rest of Donetsk region,鈥� governor Vadym Filashkin wrote on social media.
Russian forces are pushing towards the hilltop settlement of Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk region. Images distributed by Ukrainian forces of the town show rows of destroyed and smouldering Soviet-era housing blocs.
Ukraine criticised a visit by Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban to Moscow, where he met Russian president Vladimir Putin to discuss the war.
European Union leaders slammed the trip taking place less than a week after Hungary took over the EU presidency, which gives it sway over the bloc鈥檚 agenda and priorities for the next six months, and following a surprise visit to Kyiv by Orban.
鈥楾he decision to make this trip was made by the Hungarian side without any agreement or coordination with Ukraine,鈥� Kyiv鈥檚 foreign ministry said in a statement.
鈥楩or our country, the principle of 鈥榥o agreements on Ukraine without Ukraine鈥� remains inviolable and we call on all states to strictly adhere to it,鈥� it added.
