KYIV - Russian forces shelled more than 40 towns in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, Ukraine's military said, threatening to shut off the last main escape route for civilians trapped in the path of their invasion, now in its fourth month.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian troops"heavily outnumber us" in some parts of the east.As Moscow seeks to solidify its grip on the territory it has seized, President Vladimir Putin signed a decree simplifying the process for residents of newly captured districts to acquire Russian citizenship and passports.
Mr Zelensky said this week the conflict could only be ended with direct talks between him and Mr Putin. Families of people buried in mass graves will be able to carry out a reburial after the war, and police are issuing documents enabling Ukrainians to secure death certificates for loved ones, Mr Gaidai said.
"My house was bombed, I have nothing," said Ms Vera Safronova, seated in a train carriage among the evacuees.Further north, two people were killed and seven wounded by Russian artillery shelling of the town of Balakliya in the Kharkiv region, an aide to its governor said on Facebook.
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