Russian forces attacked firefighters working to extinguish a fire caused by an earlier drone strike in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, Ukraine's state news agency reported.
Russian news agency TASS reported that Ukrainian forces shelled the Russian-controlled part of Ukraine's Donetsk region eleven times over a 24-hour period, with no casualties reported.
Denis Pushilin said Ukrainian forces are specifically targeting the installation of utility and life-support networks in areas held by Russian-backed authorities.
Russian assault groups are being swiftly eliminated on the outskirts of the Donetsk region town, according to Azov.
Denis Pushilin said tacit Western approval of such activity is accompanied by support for the technical means behind it, according to TASS.
Military analyst Andrey Marochko says routes into the eastern Ukrainian town remain under tight Russian fire control.
Russian state media reported that Ukrainian forces struck markets in two districts of Gorlovka with drones, killing one person and injuring another.
Russian state media reported that the number of people injured in attacks on markets in Gorlovka has risen to five, with one person killed according to preliminary reports.
Denis Pushilin, head of the Russian-controlled Donetsk People's Republic, has said talks on Ukraine need a clear result, adding that the issue should otherwise continue to be resolved militarily.
Denis Pushilin, head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, said Russia is the only party behaving consistently in talks over the future of Ukraine.
Nine civilians were wounded when Russian forces hit the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk with multiple rocket launchers on September 23.
Overnight bombardments also killed two and wounded 25 in Kyiv, according to Le Monde.
Russian forces dropped four guided aerial bombs on the village of Oleksandrivka on Wednesday morning, killing at least four people and injuring four others.
Russia's Donbass Dome air defense system shot down nine Ukrainian drones over the past day, the state news agency TASS reported, citing local defense officials.
Ukrainian Azov units reported thwarting a Russian attempt to reach logistics routes near Druzhkivka, aimed at encircling the town and advancing toward Dobropillia.
Russian state media reports that more than 82% of residents in the Donetsk People's Republic took part in the three-day State Duma election held September 18-20.
Ukraine's Defense Forces say they hit UAV command posts and a depot belonging to Russia's 'Rubicon' unit, among other targets.
Ukraine's National Guard reported destroying a multiple rocket launcher system and two artillery guns during operations behind Russian lines on the Donetsk axis.
Ukraine's Defense Forces reported hitting a Kasta radar station and a UAV control post along with military personnel, according to Ukrinform.
A Donetsk resident contacted Ukrainian security officers and agreed to assist them before being intercepted, Russia's FSB said, according to TASS.