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KYIV, Ukraine — Two individuals have been killed and 29 wounded Monday when Russian forces shelled the Ukrainian metropolis of Sloviansk, within the partially occupied jap Donetsk area, native officers mentioned.

Video footage of the aftermath confirmed broken residential buildings, particles within the streets and automobiles on fireplace.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the assault as “terrorism.”

Russia has denied focusing on residential areas although artillery and rocket strikes have hit Ukrainian condo buildings and civilian infrastructure day by day throughout the war.

The Sloviansk assault adopted a typical sample of long-range shelling adopted by the Kremlin’s forces, particularly in current months because the preventing turned deadlocked through the bitterly chilly winter months.

Within the jap Donetsk area, some 10 cities and villages have been shelled by Russian forces over the earlier 24 hours, Ukraine’s presidential workplace reported Monday.

On Monday morning, Russian missiles hit town of Avdiivka, damaging residential buildings, a resort and a courthouse, it mentioned.

Avdiivka Mayor Vitali Barabash mentioned utility corporations are being evacuated from the frontline metropolis, because it “resembles an increasing number of a panorama from post-apocalyptic films.”

Assaults additionally intensified within the partially occupied southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, the place 14 settlements on the entrance line have been shelled, authorities mentioned.

Within the partially occupied Kherson area, the Ukrainian-controlled a part of the province was shelled 20 occasions by the Russian artillery and aviation, wounding 4 individuals, the presidential workplace mentioned.

The mayor of the occupied metropolis of Melitopol mentioned a number of explosions shook town Monday, damaging a constructing the place Russian safety forces have been quartered.

Mayor Ivan Fyodorov posted photographs of smoke billowing over the realm the place the Russian barracks are situated.

The Russian-installed authorities mentioned “artillery shelling” of Melitopol partially destroyed a vocational college constructing, broken a number of different buildings and wounded 4 individuals.

In the meantime, Zelenskyy met in Kyiv with British actor Orlando Bloom, the pinnacle of Ukraine’s presidential workplace Andriy Yermak mentioned Monday.

Bloom, who can also be a UNICEF goodwill ambassador, arrived within the Ukrainian capital over the weekend and visited its suburb of Irpin.

Throughout his assembly with Zelenskyy, Bloom mentioned “he was struck by the braveness and resilience of Ukrainians, who regardless of the struggle stay robust,” Yermak wrote.

Bloom “will assist tasks to supply humanitarian help and restore infrastructure, centered on guaranteeing the pursuits of Ukrainian kids,” the official mentioned.

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