Russian shelling kills seven in Ukraine’s Kherson, including baby

Ukraine’s military reclaimed the western part of the Kherson region from Russian occupation last November but Kremlin forces have continued regularly shelling the area

File photo of Ukrainian State Emergency Service firefighters putting out a fire at a house destroyed in a Russian shelling. | Photo Credit: AP

Russian forces shelled two villages in the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson on August 13, killing seven civilians including a baby, Ukrainian authorities said.

A couple, their 23-day-old child and another man were killed in the village of Shyroka Balka, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said. The couple’s 12-year-old son was critically wounded and died in hospital, he added.

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/russia-shelling-kherson-many-killed-august-13-2023/article67190482.ece

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