Russia keeps up pounding of Ukrainian cities amid ‘nightmare’ for civilians
by Isobel Koshiw in Kyiv, Lorenzo Tondo in Lviv and J from World news | The Guardian on (#5X30B)
Red Cross chief says history is watching' as UN confirms almost 3 million people have fled country
Russian forces have kept up their relentless bombardment of Ukraine's major cities as the number of people fleeing the country neared 3 million, with the Red Cross describing conditions for those left behind as nothing short of a nightmare".
As Russian airstrikes and artillery fire continued to pound residential areas across the country, Ukrainian prosecutors said 90 children had now died in the conflict. The UN said it had confirmed 636 civilian deaths, but the real toll would be much higher.
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