Russia has struck within Ukrainian territory 30,000 times since the start of the year, according to Kyiv’s Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Oleksii Serhieiev.

While speaking with representatives of the Bavaria State Parliament in southeast Germany on Friday, Serhieiev said that the amount of Russian shelling on Ukrainian soil over the past three months is nearly half the attacks recorded in 2023, when Ukrainian officials estimated around 66,000 strikes had been carried out within their territory.

“This year, in February and March, the number of shelling increased,” Serhieiev added, according to a press release regarding his meeting with members of the Christian Social Union party in Bavaria.

Moscow’s forces have repeatedly targeted critical infrastructure across Ukraine since the start of the war in February 2022, including apartment buildings, residential areas and the country’s energy infrastructure. A report published by the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) in February recorded over 30,000 civilian causalities in Ukraine over the past two years. More than 10,000 civilians had been killed, according to the UN.

Serhieiev said during Friday’s meeting that Ukraine’s National Police have also documented 116,000 “war crimes committed by the Russian occupiers.” The International Criminal Court (ICC) has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin and members of his military of holding a “policy to target civilians” throughout the war, and have issued arrest warrants against the Kremlin leader and others.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky repeated his plea to the international community in a video message on Tuesday to hold Russia responsible for committing crimes against humanity, declaring that “justice is stronger than the Kremlin’s walls.”

Newsweek reached out to Russia’s foreign ministry via email for comment late Friday night.

Kyiv has also ramped up its attacks on Russian territory in recent months, including firing more than 50 drones in the southern region of Rostov on Friday, according to Russia’s Defense Ministry. Moscow officials said that they were able to intercept 44 of the missiles. The region’s governor, Vasily Golubev, said on Telegram that eight people were injured after an explosive device in one of the intercepted drones detonated around noon.

Ukrainian officials also took credit for launching an airstrike on a Russian airbase in Morozovsk overnight Friday, which Kyiv said destroyed six warplanes and damaged eight others. Around 20 personnel stationed at the base are believed to have been killed or injured in the strike.

Russian oil facilities have also been repeatedly targeted by Kyiv, as Ukraine homes in on military and energy targets deep behind the front lines.

Newsweek has been unable to verify either side’s claims.