A regional governor in eastern Ukraine says at least six civilians have been killed by the latest Russian shelling.
Luhansk region official Serhiy Haidai said another eight people were wounded in the shelling of the town of Sievierodonetsk over the previous 24 hours.
Sievierodonetsk is at the epicentre of fighting in Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland of Donbas, where the Russian forces have been pressing their offensive despite stiff Ukrainian resistance. Mr Haidai accused the Russians of deliberately targeting shelters where civilians were hiding.
