Russian forces have launched a barrage of attacks on targets across Ukraine in what appeared to be an intensified bid to grind down the country’s defences ahead of an all-out assault on the east.
At least seven people were killed in a series of Russian strikes on Lviv on Monday, which also ignited blazes in the western Ukraine city that has so far been spared fierce fighting during almost two months of war and has become a haven for internally displaced Ukrainians.
