A police officer and a volunteer help a Vovchansk resident evacuate to Kharkiv due to Russian military strikes near the town of Vovchansk in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, May 17, 2024.
Ukraine accused Russia of potential war crimes Saturday, saying their shelling targeted civilians in residential areas of two cities in northeastern Ukraine.
In the first case, a Russian airstrike wounded six people, including two teens and a child in the city of Kharkiv.
In the second case, Russian shelling in Vovchansk, a town 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) from the Russian border, killed a 60-year-old woman and injured three other civilians. A 59-year-man also was injured in the village of Ukrainske, they said.
Thousands of civilians have been killed or injured since Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Moscow denies targeting civilians.
Russia said its forces shot down a Ukrainian Tochka-U ballistic missile on Saturday. A similar missile launched last week on the Russian border town of Belgorod caused the collapse of an apartment building, killing at least 15 people.
Fierce battles continue along the now-longer front line of Ukraine.A police officer and a volunteer help a Vovchansk resident evacuate to Kharkiv due to Russian military strikes near the town of Vovchansk in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, May 17, 2024.
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