https://arab.news/8pmby
- Russian troops control territory on the eastern bank of the major Dnipro river
- “There were more than 40 hits in the village,” regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin said
KYIV: Russian shelling on Thursday killed two people in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region and damaged a critical infrastructure facility there, causing power cuts, local officials reported.
Russian troops control territory on the eastern bank of the major Dnipro river dissecting region. The city of Kherson and Ukrainian-held areas on the western bank come under regular Russian shelling, facing numerous air alerts throughout the day.
“Hell’s night in Stanislav. There were more than 40 hits in the village,” regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin said on the Telegram messaging app, referring to overnight attacks by Russian invasion forces.
An elderly woman was killed and private houses, a school and local medical buildings were damaged, Prokudin added.
In separate Russian shelling in the morning, a 60-year-old man was killed in the village of Vesele, he said.
Roman Mrochko, head of Kherson city’s military administration, gave no details on the nature of the critical infrastructure site hit by Russia, but added on Telegram: “There are temporary power outages for some consumers.”