Two civilians were killed on Friday in shelling on Russia’s Belgorod region on the border with Ukraine, while Kyiv was hit by Russian strikes overnight for a sixth day in a row.
The Ukrainian capital has seen almost nightly air raids in May after being relatively spared in the beginning of the year.
Strikes have also intensified in the Belgorod region, which has been hit by shelling and border incursions recently.
“Shrapnel hit cars passing by. Two women travelling in one of them died on the spot from their wounds,” Belgorod governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said.