The body of a school employee, who according to locals was killed in recent shelling, lies in the separatist-controlled town of Horlivka in Ukraine's Donetsk region on February 25. We speak to independent journalist Billy Nessen, who just left . "We can state it already that one-third of the city is. Soldiers claim it . Live updates: Latest news on Russia and the war in Ukraine Ukraine says Russia shells more than 40 towns in Donbas push Ukraine temporarily closes checkpoint in Donbass due to shelling 0:00. The narrative of "genocide" The narrative of "genocide" and "Russophobia" in Ukraine is regularly reiterated to Russian audiences at political talk shows at state-owned TV and speeches of Russian officials including Putin himself. Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters. The Ukrainian rockets, reportedly, fell near the Donbass Arena stadium. A woman headed away from a burning garage after shelling Monday in the city of Lysytsansk, in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. WATCH: Ukrainians Rescue Puppy Trapped Under Debris After Russian ... The government in Kiev denies that it has attacked positions in the Donbas region, a Russian-majority territory, while the separatists launched an evacuation plan in the self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Luhansk in . Russia extends military drills amid shelling in Ukraine Russian shelling killed four people in Sievierodonetsk over the past 24 hours . Revisiting Donbas, a frontline in Ukraine-Russia crisis NPR reported from Donbas just a few weeks ago. Donbas blankets much of eastern Ukraine, and has been the . Russian state TV reports "Donbass Arena" stadium was under fire