Russian forces have reduced the number of guided bomb attacks on border settlements in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region, the local governor has said.
The Kremlin has long been pummelling Ukrainian villages lying on the border with artillery and destructive guided bombs.
It stepped up attacks on the Kharkiv region in May, when Moscow's troops opened a new front in the region's north.
But today, the governor Oleh Syniehubov told national TV: "We have been recording a sharp decrease in guided bomb strikes in recent days."
He said the border area had seen the number of bombs go down from up to 60 guided bomb strikes per day to "no more than 10".
He added though that Russia continued attacking civilian infrastructure.
Moscow denies targeting civilians or civilian infrastructure.
