Konstantinovka

Two Shahed drones entered Gomel Oblast in Belarus from Ukraine's Chernihiv Oblast during the night of 4-5 September, prompting Belarusian military forces to scramble fighter jets. Explosions were reported in the Gomel district as the drones were intercepted.

Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

Three people were killed in Russian strikes on a residential area in Ukraine

Unrest in Ukrainian town after tank kills 8-year-old

KONSTANTINOVKA -- An 8-year-old girl was killed in the eastern Ukrainian town of Konstantinovka when Ukrainian army soldiers lost control of a tank and hit several pedestrians.

People's Republic declared in Ukraine's Lugansk

LUGANSK -- Pro-Russian activists in the town of Lugansk in eastern Ukraine on Monday proclaimed "a people's republic," there and sent the authorities in Kiev an ultimatum.