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Russian forces are escalating their attacks on populated urban areas on Day 6 of the biggest ground war in Europe since World War II.
At least 8 civilians were critically injured in Mariupol, a strategic port city in southern Ukraine.
The U.N. human rights office said it has recorded 136 civilian deaths, but the real toll is believed to be far higher.
Women in a maternity hospital took refuge in a makeshift basement bomb shelter amid heavy shelling.
Ukraine’s president accused Moscow of a blatant campaign of terror and vowed: "Nobody will forgive. Nobody will forget."
With the Kremlin increasingly isolated by tough economic sanctions that have tanked the ruble currency, Russian troops advanced on Ukraine’s two biggest cities.
In strategic Kharkiv, explosions tore through the region’s Soviet-era administrative building and residential areas.
Ukrainian authorities said five people were killed and five wounded in an attack on the Kyiv TV tower.
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