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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor, and Lorenzo Tondo in Mykolaiv

Sloviansk mayor urges residents to flee city as Russia steps up shelling

A resident walks among debris next to a destroyed house in Sloviansk on 4 July.
A resident walks among debris next to a destroyed house in Sloviansk on 4 July. Photograph: Genya Savilov/AFP/Getty Images

The mayor of Sloviansk has called on its remaining residents to evacuate as the Russian invaders stepped up their shelling of the frontline Ukrainian city after the capture of Lysychansk on Sunday.

Vadim Lyakh said 40 houses had been shelled on Monday – while other officials later said two people were killed and seven injured after Russian forces struck a market and a residential area in the city.

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