Russian shells slam into eastern Ukraine, killing three

Russian rockets launch against Ukraine from Russia’s Belgorod region are seen at dawn in Kharkiv (Vadim Belikov/AP)

At least three Ukrainian civilians have been killed and nearly 20 others wounded in the latest artillery barrages from the Russian military, Ukrainian officials said on Monday.

The eastern region of Donetsk, one of the two provinces making up the country’s industrial heartland of Donbas that has been the focus of a Russian offensive, has faced the most intense shelling.