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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lydia Patrick

Ukraine suffers most intense bombardment of Russian shelling in a single day this year, Kyiv says

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Ukraine has suffered its most intense bombardment of Russian shelling so far this year as Vladimir Putin’s troops hit 118 settlements in just 24 hours, Ukraine’s interior minister has said.

Moscow fired millions of shells on cities, towns and villages on Wednesday – more than on any single day so far this year – reducing some to rubble across the eastern and southern parts of the country, Ihor Klymenko said in a post on social media.

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