Russia Steps Up Aerial Campaign Against Cities: Ukraine Update

Russia escalated shelling overnight of key cities in Ukraine as its troops on the ground move slowly in a large convoy toward the capital, Kyiv. The mayor of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, said residential areas were being bombed and “this is a war to destroy the Ukrainian people.”

The drumbeat of penalties against Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine is growing louder, but not seemingly impacting events on the ground in the conflict.