Five Ukrainian civilians killed as deadlocked warring sides consider next move

With more talk of military aid from Ukraine’s allies, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov insisted western weapons will not stop Russia.

A woman carries her child as they evacuate from a residential building which was hit by a Russian rocket at the city centre of Kharkiv, Ukraine (Andrii Marienko/PA)

Fighting has remained largely deadlocked in eastern Ukraine, where Russian shelling killed five civilians over the past day, according to Ukrainian officials.

The casualties included a woman who was killed and three others who were wounded by the Russian shelling of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city in the country’s north-east, regional governor Oleh Syniyehubov said.