On Sunday, artillery shells struck high-rise buildings in Kherson as well as multiple residential buildings in rural areas nearby.
Local officials reported that Russian forces launched a series artillery strikes on Kherson on Sunday, killing 3 people and injuring others, including a boy aged 13 years old.
Kherson, which is located on the western side of Ukraine‘s biggest river, the Dnipro, is subjected to daily Russian shelling. Kherson was the only regional capital of Ukraine that the Russians were able to occupy in their 2022 invasion. However, Ukrainian forces later liberated the city.
According to Oleksandr PROKUDIN, head of the Kherson Oblast Military Administration (KHONMA), the attacks targeted residential areas within the Central District, with multiple strikes on apartment buildings.
Shells struck a high-rise and killed a woman aged 50 and another aged 74 on the spot. A Russian shell struck an apartment block, causing fires to spread on the 6th & 7th floors. Firefighters evacuated 3 civilians from the eighth floor. The State Emergency Service also reported that after extinguishing the fire, rescuers discovered a body of a man at the impact site.
A 13-year old boy suffered from explosive and traumatic head injuries, as well shrapnel injuries to his leg. A 61-year old man was hospitalized after suffering explosive trauma, concussion and shrapnel injuries to his leg. In the villages Komyshany ad Tomyna Balka Russian forces targeted garages and non-residential buildings.
The attacks are part a Russian campaign that targets civilian areas of Kherson. Although liberated by Ukrainian troops in 2022, the area remains within the range of Russian artillery located across the Dnipro River.
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