As Russia's invasion of Ukraine enters its fifth day on Monday, the war has become increasingly merciless, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said on Monday, with strikes reported on residential areas.
"The Russian military campaign is becoming more and more ruthless and Ukrainian armed forces are fighting back with courage," Borrell told journalists.
"There are a lot of civilian casualties... and the flow of people looking for shelter, escaping the war is increasing."
Russian shelling killed at least 11 civilians in Ukraine's second most populated city Kharkiv on Monday, the regional governor said, adding that dozens more were wounded.
The shelling came one day after Ukrainian troops repelled an attack on Kharkiv by Moscow's army.
"The Russian enemy is bombing residential areas of Kharkiv, where there is no critical infrastructure, where there are no positions of the armed forces," Oleg Sinegubov, wrote on the Telegram messaging app.
"As a result of the bombardments that are ongoing, we cannot call on the emergency services... currently there are 11 dead and dozens wounded," he added.
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