Drone footage shows devastation of Russia assault on eastern Ukrainian city

(Ukraine Patrol Police/AP)

Months of relentless Russian artillery pounding have devastated a strategic city in eastern Ukraine, new drone footage obtained by the Associated Press has shown.

Barely a building in Chasiv Yar has been left intact – homes and municipal offices are charred, and a city that once had a population of 12,000 is now deserted.