Kramatorsk

This will likely force Ukraine to retreat from Chasiv Yar and the front line will move closer to Kramatorsk.

Mr Evans was one of six Reuters staff staying at the Hotel Sapphire in Kramatorsk - which is under Ukrainian control but near the front line - when it was hit.

In a statement, Reuters said its six-person team was staying in Hotel Sapphire in Kramatorsk - a city under Ukrainian control but not far from the eastern front line - on Saturday night when it was hit "by an apparent missile strike".

Vadym Filashkin, governor of the Donetsk region where Kramatorsk is located, said in a Telegram post on Sunday morning that emergency responders were on site, adding: "Debris clearance and rescue operations are ongoing."

The cities of Kostyantinivka, Druzhkivka, Kramatorsk and Slovyansk, just miles beyond Chasiv Yar, have come under increasingly heavy bombardment in recent months.