An elderly woman and a police officer were killed by Russian shelling on a settlement in Kharkiv region in eastern Ukraine and Zaporizhzhia in the south, Ukrainian officials say Follow our live coverage👇
In an attack on Orikhiv town in the Zaporizhzhia region, one police officer was killed and 12 people, including four police officers, were injured. / Photo: Reuters ArchiveAn elderly woman and a police officer have been killed by Russian shelling on a settlement in Kharkiv region in eastern Ukraine and Zaporizhzhia in the south, Ukrainian officials said.
Eastern parts of Kharkiv region and most of Zaporizhzhia region are directly adjacent to the front line, and Ukrainian forces have reported an increase in Russian attacks there in recent weeks. It was not immediately clear what was targeted in the reported attacks on the Russian-annexed peninsula. European allies are currently leading the training effort, but National Security spokesperson John Kirby said that if their capacity is reached"we are certainly open to doing the training for Ukrainian pilots here in the United States."
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