Kremlin blames Ukraine for rocket attack on Donetsk mayor’s office

Ukraine’s presidential office said on Sunday that Moscow was shelling towns and villages along the front line in the east, and that “active hostilities” continued in the southern Kherson region.

Investigators inspect a site after shelling near an administrative building in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine (Alexei Alexandrov/AP)

Pro-Kremlin officials on Sunday blamed Ukraine for a rocket attack that struck the mayor’s office in Donetsk, a city controlled by the separatists, while Ukrainian officials said Russian rocket strikes hit a town across from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

The attacks came as Russia’s war in Ukraine nears the eight-month mark. Kyiv also reported holding the line in continued fierce fighting around Bakhmut, where Russian forces have claimed some gains amid a seven-week Ukrainian counter-offensive that has led Russian troops to retreat from some areas around it.