KYIV - Ukraine said Thursday that Russian shelling in the northern region of Kharkiv had killed an elderly woman, while Moscow announced its forces had taken up improved positions along the frontline.
The Russian military has said over recent days it is advancing towards Kupiansk, a frontline town that Ukrainian forces captured back from Moscow's army last year.
"Another woman, born in 1963, suffered shrapnel wounds. Medics provided assistance to the injured on the spot," he wrote on social media. Those reported advances have spurred Ukrainian authorities in Kharkiv to urge vulnerable residents to evacuate.
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