MOSCOW, November 2. /TASS/. Kiev’s forces are pushing ahead with attempts to counterattack in various directions in the Donetsk People's Republic, the DPR’s acting head, Denis Pushilin, said on Wednesday.

"We see that the enemy is not abandoning attempts to counterattack," he said on TV Channel One.

Pushilin stressed that the shelling of cities in the republic will stop only when the positions of the Ukrainian troops are pushed back far enough, from where their shells will be unable to reach the communities.