Ukraine: Fighting escalates despite ceasefire talks

Fighting has continued on the fifth day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, despite talks aimed at securing a ceasefire

Missile strikes killed dozens of civilians in the country's second city, Kharkiv, while air raid sirens sounded again in the capital, Kyiv.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky called the Russian bombardment of Kharkiv a "war crime", Qazet.az reports.

There were reports of fierce shelling in the northern city of Chernihiv.

Russia is attacking Ukraine on several fronts, but its advance has been slowed by Ukrainian resistance.

All three cities remain under Ukrainian control.