ByTom Balmforth

 and Max Hunder

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/warning-sirens-sound-ukraines-capital-russia-steps-up-bombardment-2022-07-16/

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• Summary

• Russia says it is stepping up operations
• Southern city latest target of long-range bombardment
• Around 40 killed in bombardments since Thursday, Kyiv says
• War overshadows G20 meeting, no communique agreed

KYIV, July 16 (Reuters) – Russia said on Saturday its forces would step up military operations in Ukraine in “all operational areas” as Moscow’s rockets and missiles pounded cities in strikes that Kyiv says have killed dozens in recent days.

Rockets hit the northeastern town of Chuhuiv in Kharkiv region overnight, killing three people including a 70-year-old woman and wounding three others, regional governor Oleh Synehubov said.read more

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