# Ukraine’s fortress cities under fire as Russia seeks to seize the rest of Donbas

https://mins.news/en/item/54086

- BBC News, 2026-09-10 23:22 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyz89w59l3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Russian ground assaults are focused on Kramatorsk and Slovyansk, Ukraine’s largest cities in the eastern Donbas still fully under Kyiv’s control. Intensifying drone and glide-bomb attacks have prompted police to urge civilians to leave, with forced evacuations of families with children already under way.

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