Donetsk, Ukraine (CNN) -- As the Ukrainian military warns of plans to assault this rebel-controlled city, separatist militants are thinning on the streets and their leaders are canceling public appearances.
Government security officials said Monday they were preparing for a "massive assault" on Donetsk, state media reported.
Inside the city, shelling has already pushed some residents underground into cellars and half-built basements.
In a dim labyrinth beneath a government building, dozens of women and children sleep on mattresses they carried below ground to take shelter from the violence.
Does Putin want war in Ukraine?
They say they believe separatists who have told them the Ukrainian army are American-backed fascists, set on attacking ethnic Russians.
"They crush us, the damn Americans. What are they doing? Where there is war in the world, they have a part," one woman said.
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"Does Putin want war in the Ukraine?" This isn't a serious question, right? Who is doing the bombing? Who is the US backing? We can only hope that, once again, the Russian leadership will prove themselves the superior world's statesmen just like they did in October of '62.