.....Intense shelling now in Donetsk outskirts, an hour after top Russian officials called on Putin to recognize the independence of Ukraine’s separatist Donetsk & Lugansk regions.
— Murad Gazdiev (@MuradGazdiev) February 21, 2022
Streets are largely empty, people fear “independence revenge” shelling by Ukrainian forces pic.twitter.com/W2hnQCaECh