A view shows an apartment building heavily damaged by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Sumy, Ukraine March 13, 2024. REUTERS/Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy/ File photo
(Reuters) - Ukrainian authorities have begun mass evacuations of communities in the country's northern Sumy region close to the Russian border after extended periods of intense shelling of the area, local officials said on Friday.
The military administration of Sumy region, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said more than 180 residents of areas near the Velikopysarska community, next to the border, had been evacuated over the past three days.
