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Russian troops could head to the donbas region, which as our defence correspondent jonathan beale reports, is already under heavy attack from multiple angles. this is now the sight and sound of the donbas. severodonetsk, another city and another target for russia's unrelenting bombardment. we tried to enter, to speak to families taking shelter, but the thump of artillery was steadily coming closer. we just came here to go to a shelter, but there's shelling a bit close to us, and so we've had to move out. a lot of crump of artillery going on at the moment. we travelled north to svyatogorsk, onc...

Inspiring prince harry at the invictus games. live from our studio in singapore... this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's six in the morning in singapore and 1am in ukraine, where, in the last 2a hours, russia has expanded its bombardment, hitting sites right across the country. in a televised address, president volodymyr zelensky said he could confirm that the battle for the donbas region had begun. in the east, thousands continue to flee as russia steps up its new offensive, massing troops in the region, where ukrainian forces have been fighting russian led separatists, for the past eight year...

>> what it tells us is they don't have the troops on the ground to be able to do anything in the kyiv region. we have seen that. that's why they have withdrawn because they've been repelled by the ukrainian forces. that's caused frustration with the russian leadership, specifically putin. so whenever they want, they think they can shell or send missiles to -- towards the kyiv region or even western ukraine. that is why the united states and nato, working with ukraine, need to declare a humanitarian assistance zone in western ukraine. really from kyiv in the north all the way down south to odes...

Thousands were forced to evacuate in the direction of the russian federation. and we do not know where they are. they've left no document trail. and among them are several thousands of children. we want to know what happened to them. whether they are in good health. unfortunately, there just isn't any information on this. and regarding what population has remained there, we also don't have a definitive answer. one day, they say there are 50,000 or 60,000 left there. and then another day, someone says 100,000. and now we have information that perhaps 10,000 people have died there. all civilians...

The donbas region. yes, it is incredibly — the donbas region. yes, it is incredibly difficult _ the donbas region. yes, it is incredibly difficult for - the donbas region. yes, it is incredibly difficult for people the donbas region. yes, it is i incredibly difficult for people to hear those stories. and i think again that it's a very good point. we talk about places like bucha and other places around the capital, but there are still so many areas we have not seen yet and so many areas where the fighting continues. i have heard terrible stories from places like kharkiv, and mariupol. these a...