One person dead as Ukraine accuses Russia of violating self-declared ceasefire
One person has been killed in Russian attacks in north-east Ukraine, in the opening hours of a 72-hour ceasefire called by Russian President Vladimir Putin, officials said.
Another two people were injured after Russian forces dropped guided air bombs in the north-east region of Sumy, officials said.
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The bombs were dropped on residential areas near the border, the regional prosecutor's office said on Thursday.
Ukraine's Air Force alerted launches of glide bombs and at least one missile in the Sumy region starting at 2.39am and until early morning on Thursday.
Large-scale missile and drone attacks, which have been a near-daily occurrence in Ukraine in recent weeks, were not recorded since 8.30pm the previous night, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.
A rescue worker puts out a fire at a building which was heavily damaged by a Russian strike in Sumy, Ukraine (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)
The ceasefire came into force at midnight on Thursday Moscow time.
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But smaller-scale Russian attacks persisted elsewhere in the country closer to the front line, causing civilian casualties.
A 55-year-old woman was killed in her home in Mykolaivka in Sumy at around 3am, and her 24-year-old son was wounded, prosecutors said.
Roughly 30 minutes later, another bomb hit civilian infrastructure in Vorozhba, injuring a 70-year-old woman. An investigation into war crimes has been launched, officials said.
Russia announced a unilateral 72-hour ceasefire to coincide with the celebrations in Moscow for the 80th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany in the Second World War, Russia's biggest secular holiday.
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Kyiv has pressed for a longer-term ceasefire.
In March, the United States proposed a 30-day truce in the war, which Ukraine accepted, but the Kremlin has held out for ceasefire terms more to its liking.
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