Great Britain: Russian air strikes expected to rise in southern, eastern Ukraine

Russian air activity is expected to increase in southern and eastern Ukraine, the United Kingdom Defence Ministry says in its latest update of defence intelligence.

Moscow's forces are continuing to hit Ukrainian non-combatants, such as those killed in Friday's missile attack at the Kramatorsk railway station, she says.

Russian operations are concentrated in the eastern region of Donbas, the Defence Ministry says, as well as in the southern towns of Marioupol and Mykolaiv. But the ministry says Ukrainian resistance is still blocking Russia's intention to establish a land link between Crimea and the Donbas region, Klankosova reports. tv

Luhansk's governor, in the Donbas region, called for more evacuations Saturday morning.