Zelensky: Ukrainian forces repel 100 attacks in Donetsk region

Ukrainian forces have repelled about 100 attacks in eastern Donetsk region, with no letup in the fighting, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday (November 18).

"Very fierce fighting is continuing in Donetsk region... there is no letup in the fighting. There has been no lull," Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address.

"In the 24 hours, about 100 Russian attacks have been repelled in Donetsk region."

Russia last week pulled its troops out of a pocket on the west bank of the Dnipro River in Ukraine, which includes Kherson, the only regional capital it had captured since the February invasion.

Help points were opened today in Kherson, Zelensky said.