Ukraine police say Russia has carried out 203 attacks on Thursday

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Published: Feb 24, 2022, 13:54 GMT+00:00

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian police on Thursday said Russia had carried out 203 attacks since the beginning of the day, with fighting going on almost everywhere throughout Ukraine's territory.

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian police on Thursday said Russia had carried out 203 attacks since the beginning of the day, with fighting going on almost everywhere throughout Ukraine’s territory.

State border guards said the Ukrainian military was fighting Russian forces near the eastern city of Sumy. Ukraine’s defence minister said some Russian forces had been taken prisoner in heavy fighting.

(Reporting by Natalia Zinets and Matthias Williams; Writing by Alexander Marrow; Editing by Alison Williams)

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