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The central Shevchenkivskyi district of Kyiv was rocked by blasts early on Monday for the second time in a week, with Mayor Vitalii Klitshchko saying several residential buildings were damaged. (Photo: Reuters)
Bakhmut has been a target of Russian forces in their slow move through the region since taking the twin industrial towns of Lysychansk and Sievierodonetsk in June and July. (Photo: Reuters)
Russia's defence ministry said on Sunday its forces had repelled efforts by Ukrainian troops to advance in the Donetsk, Kherson and Mykolaiv regions. Russia also said it was continuing air strikes on military and energy targets in Ukraine. (Photo: Reuters)
Shevchenkivskiy district, a busy hub with universities, student bars and restaurants, was hit by several explosions on Monday last week as well. (Photo: Reuters)
Andriy Yermak, head of the Ukrainian president’s staff, said the attacks were carried out with so-called suicide drones. (Photo: Reuters)
The same district was hit by explosions a week ago, as Russia ordered the biggest aerial offensive against Ukrainian cities in retaliation for a blast on a bridge linking mainland Russia to Crimea - the peninsula Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014. (Photo: Reuters)
The head of the Russian-backed administration in the Donetsk region said on Sunday Ukrainian shelling had damaged the administration building in the regional capital. "It was a direct hit, the building is seriously damaged. It is a miracle nobody was killed," said Alexei Kulemzin, surveying the wreckage, adding that all city services were still working. (Photo: Reuters)
Ukraine has reported a spate of Russian attacks with Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones in recent weeks. (Photo: Reuters)
Russia denies targeting civilians in what it calls its “special military operation” in Ukraine. (Photo: Reuters)
“Russians think this will help them, but such actions are just their convulsions,” Yermak said on the Telegram messaging app. (Photo: Reuters)
