Hundreds have been fled or been evacuated from Vovchansk since Russia launched a surprise new offensive on Friday.
Flames and black smoke chugged from the windows of a two-storey apartment block in a frontline Ukrainian town. Residents said a Russian missile or bomb had punched a large crater into the soil in front of the building, devastating their homes. The attack had only happened a short while ago and the scene on Saturday morning was still chaotic, with people worried the fire would spread to a row of apartments next door. 'There are pensioners inside,' said one man.
It is not just some mortar just look at it.' A police officer, who accompanied Sky News into Vovchansk, asked the women whether she would like to be evacuated, but she said she did not want to go as she had to deal with the aftermath of the attack on her home. Some 3,000 residents had been living in the town, according to the mayor, though hundreds have already fled or been evacuated in the past day. We drove into the town centre to witness the scale of the destruction.
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