KYIV, Ukraine (AP) 鈥 Russian shells struck residential areas of Ukraine鈥檚 southern Kherson region, killing a 91-year-old woman in what a local official described Monday as a 鈥渢errifying night鈥 in the 20-month war that shows no signs of ending.
The overnight shelling set fire to a high-rise apartment building, blew out windows and reduced some apartments to rubble, according to video footage posted by Kherson Gov. Oleksandr Prokudin.
The woman died when an apartment wall fell on her, according to her daughter, who lived with her on the ninth floor.
The victim was one of three Ukrainian civilians killed in the east and south of the country over the previous 24 hours, with at least five people injured, Ukraine鈥檚 presidential office reported Monday.
Apart from reportedly fierce fighting at some points along the front line, which Ukrainian officials say stretches for more than 1,500 kilometers (930 miles), the conflict appears largely deadlocked and focused on long-range fire.
The daughter of the woman killed in Kherson said the destruction caused by the missile blast enabled her to get out of the building alive.
鈥淚 don鈥檛 know how I would have gotten out if (the) doors hadn鈥檛 been blown out,鈥 Nataliia, who gave no surname, told Radio Liberty. 鈥淚 would have burned to death in there, too.鈥
Meanwhile, Ukrainian air defenses intercepted all 12 Shahed drones that Russia fired at several regions overnight and two Kh-59 guided missiles, according to the country鈥檚 air force.
The Kremlin鈥檚 forces also unleashed a missile attack on a ship repair plant in the southern Odesa area on Monday morning. Two people were hospitalized, said the region鈥檚 governor, Oleh Kiper.
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Associated Press Writer Yuras Karmanau in Tallinn, Estonia, contributed to this report.
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