
Oleg Rubak outside his former home in Zhytomyr
(Picture: AFP via Getty Images)The Russian onslaught across Ukraine continued on Thursday as the port city of Kherson became the first to fall to Vladimir Putin’s forces.
Ukraine’s emergency service said hospitals, homes, kindergartens and transport facilities had all been hit with more than 2,000 civilians killed so far, although the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights puts the tally of confirmed deaths at 227 civilians.