Ukrainians have streamed out of the southern city of Kherson to flee Russian shelling.
Just weeks after celebrating Ukraine recapturing the port city, a line of trucks, vans and cars, some towing trailers, stretched half a mile out of it.
Days of intensive bombing by Russian forces has prompted the exodus.
As a van he was in inched forward, Yevhen Yankov said: “It is sad that we are leaving our home.
“Now we are free, but we have to leave because there is shelling and there are residents dying here.”
Russia has ratcheted up its attacks on critical infrastructure after suffering battlefield setbacks.
Some shocking images of the destroyed Antonivsky Bridge in Kherson have been published.
The main crossing point over the Dnipro River was destroyed by Russian troops earlier this month after Kremlin’s forces withdrew from the city.
The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, accused the Russian army of deliberately destroying infrastructure during their withdrawal, including electricity and water supplies.
Meanwhile, with heavy snowfall blanketing the capital Kyiv on Sunday, analysts predicted wintry weather — bringing with it frozen terrain and gruelling fighting conditions — could have an increasing impact on the war.
In the eastern Donetsk region five people were killed in shelling, while there were attacks overnight on Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk in the west.
Russian forces have suffered heavy casualties in Donetsk and are unlikely to achieve a breakthrough there, the UK Ministry of Defence says.
It added: “This area remains heavily contested, likely partially because Russia assesses the area has potential as a launch point for a future major advance north to capture the remainder of Ukrainian-held Donetsk Oblast.
“However, Russia is unlikely to be able to concentrate sufficient quality forces to achieve a breakthrough.”
