KYIV - Russian shelling killed at least three people in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region on April 25, and a missile attack further north in Kharkiv region hit a railway station, wounding 10, local officials said.

Donetsk regional governor Vadym Filashkin, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said shelling killed three people and injured four in the village of Udachne, west of the city of Donetsk that is held by the Russians.

Ukrainian Railways said a Russian strike killed three of its workers in the Donetsk region, but gave no details of where the incident occurred. It was not clear if those victims were the same as those mentioned by the governor.

In Ukraine’s Kharkiv region – a frequent target of recent Russian assaults – regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said the attack hit the city of Balakliia, which was occupied by Russia at the start of its invasion and recaptured by Ukraine months later in 2022.

“The injured were in the passenger train carriages,” he said on Telegram.

Mr Syniehubov said the train was standing 15m from the focal point of the strike.

Kharkiv, which lies about 30km from the border with Russia, and the surrounding region have long been targeted by Russian attacks, but the strikes have become more intense in recent weeks, hitting civilian and energy infrastructure. REUTERS