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'Hell' in Ukraine's Donbas as Russia piles on pressure, warns Zelenskyy

Since turning away from Ukraine's capital, Russia is using massed artillery and armour to try to capture more territory in the Donbas

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Kyiv: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a joint news conference with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi in Kyiv, Ukraine. (AP/PTI/File Photo)

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5 min read Last Updated : May 20 2022 | 7:38 AM IST

Ukraine's industrial Donbas region, the focus of recent Russian offensives, has been destroyed, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said as some of the world's richest countries pledged to bolster Kyiv with billions of dollars.

Since turning away from Ukraine's capital, Russia is using massed artillery and armour to try to capture more territory in the Donbas, comprised of the Donetsk and Luhansk areas, which Moscow claims on behalf of separatists.

"The occupiers are trying to exert even more pressure. It is hell there - and that is not an exaggeration," Zelenskiy said in a late Thursday address.

"(There are) constant strikes on

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