Ukrainian authorities: two people killed in Russian attacks on Donetsk and Sumy regions

Russian forces have carried out two missile strikes against a school in the city of Avdiivka, Donetsk region of Ukraine, killing a local woman, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andrii Yermak reports.

Head of the Donetsk region administration Pavlo Kyrylenko previously reported that Russia’s Armed Forces had shelled Avdiivka thrice in the morning, using artillery.

Furthermore, the military administration of the Sumy region of Ukraine states that one person has been killed and four injured in the Russian attack on the Znob-Novhorodske village.

It was reported earlier today that rescuers had extracted two bodies from under the rubble following a shelling conducted by the Russian forces in the Mykolaiv region of Ukraine. Three more people were injured, a seven-year-old child among them.

On 9 March, Russia conducted a massive missile strike against Ukraine. Russia’s Defence Ministry referred to the attack as a “massive retaliatory strike” in response to the “terrorist acts” carried out in the Bryansk region of Russia.