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The stepped-up attacks - following a missile strike on a shopping mall killed at least 18 people in central Ukraine on Monday - come as Russian President Vladimir Putin's forces make slow but relentless progress in a war now in its fifth month.
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A Russian missile approaches a shopping mall, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at a location given as Kremenchuk, in Poltava region, Ukraine, June 28, 2022. CCTV via Instagram @zelenskiy_official
Rescuers work at a site of a shopping mall hit by a Russian missile strike in Kremenchuk, in Poltava region, Ukraine, June 27, 2022. REUTERS/Anna Voitenko
A couple wounded in a shopping mall hit by a Russian missile strike hold hands in a hospital in Kremenchuk, in Poltava region, Ukraine, June 27, 2022. REUTERS/Anna Voitenko
The well-known "Fiddler on the Roof" statue is seen through a destroyed office building window, that was hit by shelling near the center of Kharkiv, which hadn't been hit in weeks, June 25, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Anna Satanovskaya, 84, takes in the sudden loss of her husband, who was killed moments before, after a neighborhood of apartment complexes was hit multiple times by shelling, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, June 27, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Rescuers rest at a site of a shopping mall hit by a Russian missile strike in Kremenchuk, in Poltava region, Ukraine June 28, 2022. REUTERS/Anna Voitenko
Smoke rises after a missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, June 26, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
Rescuers work at a residential building hit by a Russian military strike, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Mykolaiv, Ukraine June 29, 2022. State Emergency Service of Ukraine/via REUTERS
A rescuer stands next to a residential building hit by a Russian military strike in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, June 29, 2022. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine/via REUTERS
Smoke rises over a residential building hit by a Russian military strike in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, June 29, 2022. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine/via REUTERS
Rescuers work at a site of a shopping mall hit by a Russian missile strike in Kremenchuk, in Poltava region, Ukraine, June 27, 2022. REUTERS/Anna Voitenko
Rescue workers evacuate a person from a residential building damaged by a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, June 26, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
People attend a funeral ceremony for Oleh Kutsyn, commander of Karpatska Sich battalion, who was recently killed in a battle against Russian troops, in central Kyiv, Ukraine, June 22, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
A Ukrainian service member with a dog observes in the industrial area of the city of Sievierodonetsk, Ukraine, June 20, 2022. REUTERS/Oleksandr Ratushniak
Aftermath of a missile strike, amid Russia's invasion on Ukraine, in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, June 29, 2022. Courtesy of Julie Akimova - news.pn
A damaged residential building is seen at the site of the missile strike in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, June 29, 2022. Courtesy of Julie Akimova - news.pn
Rescuers work at a site of a shopping mall hit by a Russian missile strike in Kremenchuk, in Poltava region, Ukraine, June 28, 2022. REUTERS/Anna Voitenko
SENSITIVE MATERIAL. THIS IMAGE MAY OFFEND OR DISTURB. A body of civilian killed in a shopping mall hit by a Russian missile strike is seen in a hospital in Kremenchuk, in Poltava region, Ukraine, June 27, 2022. REUTERS/Anna Voitenko
Rescuers work at a site of a shopping mall hit by a Russian missile strike in Kremenchuk, in Poltava region, Ukraine, June 28, 2022. REUTERS/Anna Voitenko
Rescuers work at a site of a shopping mall hit by a Russian missile strike in Kremenchuk, in Poltava region, Ukraine, June 27, 2022. REUTERS/Anna Voitenko
Rescuers work at a site of a shopping mall hit by a Russian missile strike in Kremenchuk, in Poltava region, Ukraine, June 28, 2022. REUTERS/Anna Voitenko
A view of the explosion as a Russian missile strike hits a shopping mall at a location given as Kremenchuk, in Poltava region, Ukraine, June 28, 2022. CCTV via Instagram @zelenskiy_official
Rescuers work at a site of a shopping mall hit by a Russian missile strike in Kremenchuk, in Poltava region, Ukraine, June 27, 2022. REUTERS/Anna Voitenko