Russia steps up attacks across Ukraine’s north, east and south

Local residents search for documents of their injured friend in the debris of a destroyed apartment house after Russian shelling in a residential area in Chuhuiv, Kharkiv region (AP)

Ukrainian authorities across the country have reported new Russian missile strikes and shelling that killed at least 16 more civilians.

The deaths came after Russia’s top military announced it was stepping up its onslaught against its neighbour.