Illustration photo – Civilians litter a house after a Russian attack in Kherson, Ukraine, November 24, 2022.
Kherson – At least six people were killed in Russian shelling of the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, Ukrainian media reported. Other people are injured. According to local journalists, citing witness statements, the occupying forces shelled the city center, among other places, hitting a public transport stop where many people were staying.
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“Kherson is under shelling. Probably 'Grad'. About 20 explosions already. Be in shelters or in safe places,” Oleksandr Prokudin, head of the Kherson region, wrote on Facebook, referring to the Grad rocket launchers.< /p>
According to the Ukrainian army, in addition to public transport, shelling also hit a market, a hospital or a kindergarten. Six civilians are currently known to be dead and 12 injured, the South Operations Command said. According to him, Russian invasion forces shelled Kherson at the time of a speech by Russian President Vladimir Putin, in which he claimed that his country was not at war with the Ukrainian people.
The Ukrainian army liberated Kherson from Russian occupation last November, the city is since then, it has repeatedly been the target of shelling by the invading forces, which retreated to the opposite bank of the Dnieper River.
