Two ​were killed and another two injured ⁠in shelling of the Suzemka area ​close to the border, with another ​seven wounded in an attack on petrol stations in Starodub, some 110 kilometres away (68 miles), ​he said, adding that a ​five-year-old boy was also injured in a separate ‌drone ⁠attack.

In Ukraine’s northern Sumy region, a 44-year-old woman was killed, and another 33-year-old woman seriously wounded in ​a Russian ​drone attack, ⁠regional governor Oleh Hryhorov said on Telegram early on ​Friday.

Three more people were injured ​in ⁠a drone attack in Ukraine’s southern city of Mykolaiv, local authorities said ⁠on ​Telegram.