Russia bombs more than 100 Ukraine settlements in 24 hours

DW (English)

With the world's eyes on the Israel-Hamas war, the conflict in Ukraine is shifting into a war of attrition. Ukraine says it suffered the heaviest night of shelling so far this year, with more than 100 settlements bombarded in just 24 hours.

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00:00 In the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, residents go about repairing their damaged

00:05 homes.

00:09 Local officials say this round of Russian shelling killed one person and left two wounded.

00:16 And though the eyes of the world have turned towards the Middle East, the war in Ukraine

00:20 still rages on.

00:22 "The shelling is constant and the local community is suffering.

00:29 At least 30 shells hit every day."

00:34 Further up the Dnieper River, a key demarcation line in the war, an early morning drone attack

00:39 in the city of Nikopol killed one and wounded six.

00:44 Homes, businesses and shops were also damaged in the attacks.

00:51 Kherson and Nikopol are just two of more than a hundred towns and cities to be bombarded

00:56 in just 24 hours, say Ukrainian authorities.

01:00 That's the highest number in a single day so far this year.

01:05 In Moscow, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said that Russia was making advances

01:11 in Ukraine and that the new weapons supplies from NATO had made very little difference

01:16 on the ground.

01:18 "The Ukrainian armed forces are being depleted and their demoralisation is growing.

01:26 Despite receiving new types of weapons from NATO, the Kiev regime is suffering defeat."

01:34 The situation in Ukraine looks to have shifted to a new phase, a war of attrition.

01:40 And with the situation in Gaza gripping the world's attention, Kiev will be hoping its

01:44 Its fight is not overlooked.

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