London | Russia has told Ukrainian civilians to leave key big cities, signalling a furious assault may be about to start even as a second round of ceasefire talks takes place in neighbouring Belarus on Wednesday.
The Kremlin gave a sign of what may follow, directing rocket attacks against a television tower in the capital Kyiv, and unleashing a furious storm of shelling on the second-largest city Kharkiv. It also warned of strikes against offices of the Ukrainian security services.
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