At least 15 civilians killed in Kharkiv region by Russian shelling - governor

FILE PHOTO: People remove debris of a building of the lyceum of railway transport destroyed by a missile strike, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in the town of Liubotyn, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine June 20, 2022. REUTERS/Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy

At least 15 civilians were killed in Ukraine's Kharkiv region by Russian shelling on Tuesday, regional governor Oleh Synegubov said in an online posting.

After weeks of relative calm, Russians have intensified shelling of the region. Synegubov said six people had died in and around Kharkiv and another six in Chuhuiv, some 40 km (25 miles) southeast of Kharkiv, while three had died in Zolochiv, 40 km to the northwest of the city.

A worker from the war crimes prosecutor's office takes in the damage from overnight shelling that landed on a building of Kharkiv's Housing and Communal College as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues in Kharkiv, Ukraine, June 21, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis

(Reporting by Natalia Zinets and David Ljunggren; editing by Jonathan Oatis)