Russian forces have stepped up their shelling of Ukrainian cities in the centre, north and south of the country.
A woman carried by Ukrainian soldiers crosses an improvised path while fleeing the town of Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv. [Oleksandr Ratushniak/AP Photo]
People hide from Russian artillery shelling in a school basement in the village of Horenka close to Kyiv. [Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo]
Ukrainian cities continued coming under increasingly heavy bombardment on Sunday as Russia’s nearly two-week invasion of its neighbouring country intensified.