Ukraine said Russia has shelled and launched drone strikes against more than 100 settlements in 24 hours — more than on any other single day so far this year.
"Over the last 24 hours, the enemy attacked 118 settlements in 10 regions. This is the highest number of cities and villages that have come under attack since the start of the year," Ukrainian Interior Minister Igor Klymenko said in a post on social media.
Overnight attacks in the northeastern Kharkiv region killed at least one person, local officials said, with another person killed in the southern Kherson region. A Russian drone attack on the southern city of Nikopol was also reported to have killed a 59-year-old woman.
Ukraine has said 275 children are being evacuated from 10 locations in and around Kupyansk, which lies less than eight kilometers from the frontline.
Since launching its offensive last February, Moscow has fired millions of artillery shells on Ukrainian cities, towns and villages along the frontlines. Several settlements across the eastern part of the country have been reduced to rubble.
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