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Russian shelling has killed four civilians in Ukraine in the last 24 hours as six regions were hit by missiles, the local governors have claimed.

Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk, and Donetsk oblasts were all struck over Saturday and into Sunday morning.

According to the regional governors’ reports, four civilians were killed and at least 15 were injured.

In the northern Sumy Oblast, the regional military administration reported early on April 2 that two civilians were killed in Russian shelling of the Nova Sloboda community that borders Russia.

Russian troops killed one civilian and injured another in northeastern Kharkiv Oblast, according to Governor Oleh Syniehubov. He added that an injured civilian had been hospitalised.

In the southern Kherson Oblast, regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin said that one civilian was killed and two were injured in a Russian attack against the region over the past day.

A further seven civilians were wounded by Russian missile attacks in the southeastern region of Zaporizhzhia. Five were wounded in the neighbouring Donetsk region, two in the besieged city of Bakhmut and three in Toretsk.

In Luhansk, which alongside Donetsk makes up Donbas, there were multiple strikes but no casualties.