Russia shells Ukraine's Kharkiv as pressure on Moscow bites

Two babies in the basement of a Kyiv paediatrics hospital which is being used as a bomb shelter

Russian military vehicles destroyed by fighting in Kharkiv

Russia shelled the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv as it pressed on with its invasion Tuesday, defying mounting global pressure that saw a war crimes probe opened against Moscow, sanctions smash its economy and FIFA ban it from the World Cup.

Instead, the world has responded with an intensifying diplomatic, economic, cultural and sporting backlash, with Moscow coming under fire at the UN General Assembly and the International Criminal Court (ICC) opening a war crimes investigation.