Meanwhile, the UN says more than 1.5m people have now fled Ukraine since Russia invaded on 24 February.
A resident in Irpin, near Kyiv, after the only escape route was shelled as Russian forces advance towards the capital
Olha Stefanishyna told the BBC that, after "strong resistance" from the Ukrainian army, there was an "enormous operation" by Russia against civilians.The World Health Organization also said health facilities are being attacked. "Russia has previously used similar tactics in Chechnya in 1999 and Syria in 2016, employing both air and ground-based munitions," the UK said in an
"Shelled hospitals, the shelled houses for kindergartens and schools, and the ordinary households," she said. "This is how the reality looks."
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