Two killed on either side of Ukraine-Russia border

Ukrainian soldiers are almost in their third year of fending off Russian troops. (AP PHOTO)

Attacks on both sides of the Ukraine-Russia border have killed two people, local officials say.

Three missiles hit a residential area near the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, killing one person, injuring four and destroying two houses, they said. 

A picture posted by the regional governor showed the shattered facade of a private home.

Governor Viacheslav Chaus said one civilian was killed and four others injured while Mayor Dmytro Bryzhynskyi noted damage to two residential buildings.

Once home to nearly 300,000 residents, Chernihiv remains a strategic location with army barracks and an airfield about 150km north of Kiev.

In southern Russia's Kursk region where Ukrainian forces hold swathes of territory five months after a mass incursion, a man walking down a road was killed in a drone strike, the regional governor said.

The Ukrainian military said on Thursday it had carried out a high-precision strike on a Russian command post in Kursk region. 

Russia's military said it had downed four Ukrainian missiles.

Russia says it has recaptured much of the territory seized by Ukrainian forces after they invaded Russian territory in the Kursk region in August. 

Ukraine continues its defence against Russia's full-scale invasion which is approaching its third year.

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