[COPY] - Ukrainians Evacuate Border Town Amid Intense Russian Shelling
Hundreds of Ukrainian civilians have been evacuated from Velyka Pysarivka, a small town 7 kilometers from the Russian border, amid a reported massive increase in Russian shelling.
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A woman is comforted as she is evacuated from her home in Velyka Pysarivka in the Sumy region of northeastern Ukraine on March 18. The authorities are racing to remove people from their homes in the town, which is 7 kilometers from the Russian border.
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Hundreds of people have been evacuated from the town's shattered landscape amid weeks of intense shelling.
Ukrainian military authorities said Russia had fired more than 800 artillery rounds at Sumy in recent days -- half of what it fired at the region last year.
Ukrainian military authorities said Russia had fired more than 800 artillery rounds at Sumy in recent days -- half of what it fired at the region last year.
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The town library was among the buildings devastated by the shelling.
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A library book shows the scars of war.