UK: Russia shelling Ukrainian cities indiscriminately

The UK's ministry of defense has said Russian forces are shelling Ukrainian cities "indiscriminately" as their advance stalls in eastern regions

In a daily update posted to social media, defence officials say Russian shelling of a large number of cities has resulted in "widespread destruction" and huge numbers of civilian casualties.

Qazet.az reports that the post also said that Russian forces "are continuing to encircle a number of cities across eastern Ukraine" but noted that they have made just "limited progress" in capturing these key targets over the past week.

Official warned that it is likely Moscow's forces will unleash "heavy firepower to support assaults on urban areas as it looks to limit its own already considerable losses, at the cost of further civilian casualties".