On March 19, Russian troops shelled border territories and settlements in the northeastern Sumy region.
At least one person was killed in the Velika Pisarivka settlement, the regional military prosecution announced. More than 250 people were evacuated from Velika Pisarivka last week.
Another community was hit by high-explosive aerial bombardment and mortar shelling.
Russia used MLRS (multiple rocket systems), mortars, artillery and defense systems in the shelling. While its troops shell communities in the Sumi region almost every day with various types of weapons, the attacks have recently intensified.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his nightly video address that there were "constant terrorist attacks and strikes" in the Sumy region.
"Since the beginning of the month, Russian aviation has already dropped almost 200 guided bombs on communities in the Sumi region," he said. "Villages, cities, civil infrastructure."
Earlier on Telegram, Zelensky said that since the beginning of March, Russian troops had fired 130 missiles of various types over Ukraine and called on international partners to strengthen the country's air defense.
The Patriot defense system and other systems should do what they were created for, i.e. protect life, not collect dust in warehouses, Zelenski said.
Meanwhile, Moscow announced that anti-aircraft units shot down missiles in two border areas.
The Ministry of Defense announced on Telegram that air defense intercepted 10 missiles fired by Ukrainian multi-barrel rocket launchers.
The ministry later said it had intercepted two more missiles, including a US-made Patriot, over the neighboring Kursk region. There were no casualties in either incident.
The governor of Belgorod, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said that heavy shelling in the border community of Kozinka damaged several apartments.
Russian pro-war Telegram channels and the Russian Volunteer Corps also published reports of fighting in Kozinka.
The Russian Defense Ministry said last Sunday that the Ukrainian army had tried to capture the village, but the attack had been repulsed.
Gladkov said earlier that 16 people were killed and 98 injured in Belgorod over the past week. On March 19, he announced plans to evacuate around 9.000 children from the region due to shelling.
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