At least one person was killed and 12 others were wounded in Russian shelling of Kharkiv on the afternoon of March 27, Ihor Terekhov, the mayor of Ukraine's second-largest city, said on Telegram.
Oleh Synyehubov, the governor of the Kharkiv region, said in a separate message that the city's Shevchenkiv district was hit during the shelling and that civilian residential infrastructure was damaged.
Russia has recently intensified its shelling of Kharkiv, which is located some 25 kilometers from the Russian border.
Meanwhile, Russian forces shot down 18 Ukrainian missiles approaching the Belgorod region in the early hours of March 27, Russia’s Defense Ministry said in a statement.
The Belgorod region's governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said that one person was injured by falling debris and buildings were damaged as Russian forces intercepted the missiles.
The Ukrainian armed forces have not commented on the Russian claims, but Kyiv claimed to have shot down 10 out of 13 Shahed drones launched by Russia in the early hours of March 27.
