Emergency responders examine a damaged residential building after a Russian shelling in Kherson, southern Ukraine, on January 29.
Emergency responders look at a broken residential constructing after a Russian shelling in Kherson, southern Ukraine, on January 29. (Genya Savilov/AFP/Getty Photographs)

Battles are underway within the south and east of Ukraine as authorities report extra casualties and harm to civilian infrastructure on Monday.

Donetsk area

Donetsk area continues to see a number of the heaviest combating. On Monday, the Ukrainian army stated that Russian forces try to advance towards Lyman, Bakhmut and Avdiivka.

A minimum of one individual was killed within the metropolis of Krasnohorivka, stated Pavlo Kyrylenko, the top of the Donetsk area army administration.

Kherson area

Russian forces have fired 42 instances within the area within the final 24 hours, the regional army administration stated Monday. “The enemy attacked civilian settlements of the area with artillery, MLRS, mortars, tanks, and infantry combating automobiles,” it stated.

A minimum of three folks have been killed by Russian shelling within the metropolis of Kherson on Sunday and eight civilians sustained accidents of various severity, the regional army administration stated.

Kharkiv area

A minimum of one individual was killed and three wounded within the metropolis of Kharkiv on Sunday, stated Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv area army administration.

Preliminary investigations recommend the missile was fired from an S-300 air protection system, he stated.

“The missile hit a 4-story residential constructing within the Kyivsky district,” stated Syniehubov. “The higher flooring and roof of the constructing have been destroyed, and a large-scale fireplace broke out.”

Rescuers work at the site where an apartment building was heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on January 30.
Rescuers work on the website the place an condominium constructing was closely broken by a Russian missile strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on January 30. (Yevhen Titov/Reuters)

Kupiansk, Vovchansk, Strilecha, Dvorichna and different cities got here underneath enemy fireplace, added Syniehubov, with personal homes, outlets and different buildings broken.

In Kupiansk, a 41-year-old man was wounded because of enemy shelling, he stated.

Zaporizhzhia area

The state of affairs stays comparatively steady as Russian forces are concentrating on holding occupied territories within the area, the Zaporizhzhia area army administration stated Monday. 

Russian shelling broken residential homes and buildings in varied components of the area, the regional police stated.