Lisak also reported six people killed and 28 injured in attacks on a shopping mall, private homes and administrative buildings. Governor Oleg Sinegubov said Kharkiv suffered about 20 attacks, killing three employees of a civilian enterprise and wounding 11.
In Zaporizhia, on the banks of the Dnipro River, Governor Yuri Malashko reported seven killed and 13 injured. In the Odessa region, where there have been renewed attacks since the summer, four people were killed.
Attacks on Lviv are rare in western Ukraine, but on Friday the region was not spared. The Interior Ministry said one person was killed and 15 were injured when a block of flats and two schools were damaged.
Zelensky said he had visited the town of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine, which has become a major battle site after Ukraine’s counter-offensive failed to penetrate Russia’s defensive lines.
“This is one of the most difficult areas on the front line,” he wrote on Telegram along with a video of him awarding medals to soldiers there.
“I thank all those who have been on the first line (of fire) this year for their service, during which the entire country was saved thanks to its soldiers,” he said.