KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine exchanged drone, missile and artillery fire on Sunday. Russian state media said at least two people were killed in a Ukrainian attack on the Russian-held Donetsk region, and Ukrainian authorities said at least five were wounded in a Russian strike.
Russia said it had captured two villages along the eastern front line, in the Kharkiv and Luhansk regions.
Ukrainian artillery fire on Russian-controlled areas of Donetsk Oblast killed two people in the village of Horlivka, Russian state news agency RIA Novosti said.
Parts of the Kherson region in southern Ukraine came under Russian drone attack, local authorities said on Sunday morning. Authorities in Kharkiv region in the country’s northeast said a village was hit by Russian artillery shells, wounding two people.
Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 35 of the 39 drones launched by Russia overnight and into Sunday, Ukrainian Air Force Commander Mykola Oreshchuk said, adding that Russia also fired three ballistic and two guided missiles, but they missed their targets.
The Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday that troops had seized two villages – Pishchane Nizhne in Kharkiv Oblast and Andriyivka (also known as Lozhivka) in Luhansk Oblast. Kiev did not immediately comment.
Officials in the northern Sumy region said on Sunday that Russia had launched a missile attack on “critical infrastructure facilities” in the town of Shostka. Mayor Mykola Noha said “two heating plants” had been destroyed and urged residents to conserve electricity and stockpile water.
Little change has been reported along the 1,000-kilometer (600-mile) front line, but Recent Pushes The Kremlin’s military operations in eastern and northeast Ukraine have made only slight gains, but both sides in the war are targeting infrastructure and seeking to curb each other’s fighting capabilities. war This year marks the third year.
The Russian Defense Ministry said its air defense systems destroyed eight drones overnight over the country’s Belgorod region and the Black Sea.
Vladimir Sardo, the Russian-appointed governor of Kherson Oblast, said Russian air defenses shot down two ATACMS long-range ballistic missiles over Kherson Oblast that were headed for the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula.
Nine people were wounded in shelling the Russian town of Shevekino in Belgorod Oblast, which borders Ukraine, the previous day, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Sunday morning.
