Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk encounter heavy fighting on Tuesday, according to Ukrainian officials.

Pavlo Kyrylenko, head of Donetsk regional military administration, said that Russian forces had launched attacks against the city of Avdiivka.

A hospital, school, and high-rise buildings were affected.

Russian attempt to attack the nearby town of Mariinka had been repelled, Kyrylenko said.

They damaged a transformer in the town of Krasnohorivka.

“Today the shelling continues almost along the entire front line. At least two civilians are currently known to have died,” he added.

Serhiy Hayday said that three civilians died in the town of Popasna when a building collapsed amid heavy shelling.

“The situation in Popasna is extremely difficult. Street fights in the city continue. The enemy remotely fires heavy weapons. Aviation is constantly bombing the residential area,” Hayday said.

95 residents had already been evacuated from the Luhansk region.

And half of them were evacuated from Lysychansk region.