The death toll from a Russian missile attack on a 5-storey apartment building in the town of Chasiv Yar in eastern Ukraine has risen to at least 33. Emergency crews worked to pull people from the rubble. The latest victim, a 9-year-old child, was retrieved from the wreckage on Monday evening.

Ukraine plans to gather a “million-strong” fighting force equipped with western weapons to recapture its southern territory from Russia. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, ordered the military to recover occupied areas around the Black Sea coast that are vital to the country’s economy, defence minister Oleksii Reznikov said.

At least 6 people died after Russian rocket attacks on Monday morning on Kharkiv. Among those killed were a father and his 17-year-old son, who were driving on their way to pick up a certificate for his university admission, Ukrainian regional police official Serhiy Bolvinov said. Mayor Ihor Terekhov said shelling struck civilian infrastructure including a commercial property and a tyre repair shop.

About 80% of residents in Ukraine’s eastern region of Donetsk have fled, its governor said. Pavlo Kyrylenko said about 340,000 people, or 20% of the local population before Russia’s full-scale invasion began on 24 February, remain.