A 15-story block in the north-west of the city was still smouldering when we arrived, with fires flickering in parts of the blackened and charred building.

There was cinders and ash dropping, as neighbours stood in silent clusters looking on. Some stopped by walking their dogs.

The emergency services told us the building had been hit by a Russian shell, and two people had been killed.

There area was full of high-rise apartment blocks. We saw no sign of any possible military targets.

An elderly woman called Svetlana, who lives nearby, told us she was Russian herself and had never faced any problems with her neighbours.

She said the only fascists were the Russians who were bombing civilians.