Russian Attacks Kill Two, Injure Dozens

March 30 (Reuters) – Russian attacks ⁠on ⁠central and ⁠northern Ukrainian regions on Monday killed ​two people and injured more than ‌20, regional officials said.

Near ‌the central city of ⁠Poltava, ⁠falling debris from drones killed one person, injured ​three and damaged a high-rise apartment building, regional governor Vitaliy Diakivnych said ​on Telegram.

Drone attacks and artillery strikes killed ⁠one person ⁠in the adjacent ⁠Dnipropetrovsk ​region near the town of Nikopol, Regional ​Governor Oleksandr ⁠Ganzha said on Telegram. Two people were injured in the town and 12 throughout the region.

Russian forces ⁠launched two strikes with glide bombs in the ⁠Sumy region near the Russian border, injuring 13 people, including a 6-year-old child, regional governor Oleh Hryhorov said. Fifteen homes were damaged.

Senior Russian military officials have said their forces are committed to creating ⁠buffer zones in Sumy and in the neighbouring Kharkiv region in the northeast.

Reuters could not independently verify ​the accounts.

(Reporting by Ron Popeski; Editing ​by Jamie Freed)

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