Civilian evacuations are underway in Ukraine's Donetsk region – with Russia stepping up its attacks since claiming full control of neighboring Luhansk.

The city of Slovyansk has become a main target for shelling, but towns across Ukraine's east are being bombarded. Missiles struck Kharkiv on Wednesday, destroying a university. Ukrainian forces have dug in with new defensive lines – and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Western-supplied weapons were finally making a difference on the battlefield.

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