<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Ukraine's Interior Ministry says a two-story building in the town of Toretsk was hit early Monday, as Russian forces intensify the shelling of Ukrainian defenses in Donetsk region.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>"The rescue service found and recovered the bodies of 5 dead people," the ministry said. "Three people were rescued from the rubble, 1 of whom died in the hospital."</div><div><br></div><div>Toretsk and surrounding towns have frequently come under fire from Russian lines to the south.</div><div><br></div><div>Some context: Ukraine's military said on Monday that it had repulsed Russian attempts to advance in Donetsk.</div><div><br></div><div>The General Staff said that north of the city of Sloviansk more than ten settlements had come under fire.</div><div><br></div><div>Russians continue to shell areas along the border of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions and to persist with a ground assault to the east of the city of Lysychansk, which they took last month.</div><div><br></div><div>Little territory has changed hands in Donbas since the fall of Lysychansk as Ukrainian forces have adopted new defensive positions. - CNN</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>