Article 5WNE9 Ukraine facing humanitarian crisis amid relentless Russian missile attacks

Ukraine facing humanitarian crisis amid relentless Russian missile attacks

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Luke Harding and Peter Beaumont in Lviv, and Jon H
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Shelling of residential areas leaves hundreds dead and forces more than 800,000 to flee country

Ukraine is facing a humanitarian crisis, international health experts have warned, as relentless Russian missile attacks on residential areas in several cities have left hundreds of civilians dead and forced more than 800,000 to flee the country.

As Moscow, defying global condemnation and overwhelming political and economic isolation, claimed on Wednesday to have seized the first large city of its campaign and the Ukrainian president accused it of aiming to erase" his country, the World Health Organization said some health supplies were already starting to run out.

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