Russian forces stepped up overnight shelling of cities on Monday in Ukraine's centre, north and south, a Ukrainian official said, as a second attempt to evacuate besieged civilians collapsed. Russian President Vladimir Putin, meanwhile, shifted blame for the war to Ukraine and said Moscow's invasion could be halted "only if Kyiv ceases hostilities"."The latest wave of missile strikes came as darkness fell," Ukrainian presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovich said on television.The outskirts of Kyiv, Chernihiv in the north, Mykolaiv in the south, and Kharkiv, the country's second-largest city, faced intense shelling. Heavy artillery hit residential areas in Kharkiv and shelling damaged a television tower, according to local officials.
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