Russian shelling pummels an eastern Ukrainian town, where the mayor says escape is impossible.

Russia’s intense bombardment has killed and wounded many people in the eastern Ukrainian town of Lyman, according to the mayor. Water, gas and electricity supplies are long gone. Escape is impossible because the roads are cut off, the mayor said, and those civilians who remain have taken refuge in their basements or in bomb shelters.

In recent weeks, Mariupol has become a symbol of Ukraine’s suffering. But other places have been pummeled in the conflict, too, and information about them has been hard to obtain because of fierce fighting as Moscow tries to seize territory in Ukraine’s east.

Few reports have emerged from Lyman, a town in the Donetsk region that is a strategic target for Russia. But on Tuesday, the mayor, Oleksandr Zhuravlyov, gave a glimpse, noting that food supplies can no longer reach the citizens still in the town. “The situation in the city is very difficult,” he said. Read more

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