Russia bombs Kherson, launches 33 missiles in 24 hours

KIEV – Military Ukraine said troop Russia On Wednesday (12/28/2022) mortar and artillery attacks on the city of Kherson recently liberated by Kiev troops intensified. Russia is also exerting constant pressure along the country’s eastern front.

“Russia fired 33 missiles from multiple rocket launchers at civilian targets in Kherson in the 24 hours through early Wednesday morning,” the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in a report Wednesday morning quoted by Channel News Asia.

But Russia has denied that its attacks have targeted civilians.

Russian troops left the city of Kherson last month in one of Ukraine’s most significant victories in the war. The Kherson region, which lies at the mouth of the great Dnipro River and serves as the gateway to the Russian-annexed Crimea, is strategically important.

Kherson residents’ joy at the city’s liberation quickly turned to fear amid the relentless Russian shelling from the eastern bank of the Dnipro, and many fled.

“Russian troops bombed the maternity ward of a hospital in Kherson,” Zelenskiy’s deputy chief of staff Kyrylo Tymoshenko said on Telegram.

“No one was injured and staff and patients were moved to shelters,” he added.

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Reuters could not immediately verify the report.

Ukraine says a Russian attack killed at least 10 people and injured 58 in Kherson on Saturday.