By Max HunderDONETSK REGION, Ukraine (Reuters) - Russia is firing between 1,500 and 2,500 shells and rockets at Ukraine's war-ravaged Donetsk region every day and is targeting critical infrastructure to make it harder for people to remain there in winter, its governor told Reuters.
"The enemy shells (the region) from 1,500 to 2,500 times a day," Governor Vadym Filashkin said in an interview on Friday, adding he believed Moscow was still aiming to capture the entire region.
The Latest Photos From Ukraine View All 91 Images"The enemy's shelling is this dense, this heavy, almost every day."
The governor said the Kurakhove power plant, one of the region's few remaining large-scale sources of electricity generation, had been forced to close a week ago due to Russian shelling.
"As soon as we began to bring in cranes and excavators to help people, the enemy began shelling."
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