Russian shelling kills two and injures ten in bordering town of Ukraine’s Sumy region

Russian shelling killed two people and wounded 10 in the town of Bilopillia in Ukraine's northern Sumy region near the border with Russia on Monday, police said.

Ukraine's national police said four artillery strikes had been recorded, three of which hit the center of the town in the Sumy region.

A 76-year-old woman and a 74-year-old woman who were on the street at the time died as a result of their injuries, the police said.

Russian forces also shelled a firefighter base in the region after wounding ten civilians.

So far, the police reports six wounded rescuers, all of them are hospitalized.

Today, an artillery shelling (three explosions) was carried out in the area towards the town of Bilopillia. The shelling destroyed an administrative building. There are dead and wounded. The number of casualties is being clarified," the Sumy Regional Military Administration said in a statement.

Russian forces are constantly shelling the border of the Sumy region. In this regard, authorities announced a voluntary evacuation from the 5-km border zone with Russia.

Just yesterday, the occupiers once again fired at the border of the Sumy region, and one person was injured.