Ukraine Says Woman Killed in Russian Shelling of Kherson

KYIV (Reuters) – A girl was killed early on Monday when Russian forces shelled the southern Ukrainian metropolis of Kherson, regional officers mentioned.

“A troublesome night time for Kherson … The Russian military continued to shell Kherson residents’ houses within the central a part of the town,” governor Oleksandr Prokudin mentioned on the Telegram messaging app.

Prokudin mentioned the shelling began round midnight and lasted for a number of hours.

Reuters couldn’t independently confirm the small print of the report.

Ukraine recaptured Kherson metropolis and components of the Kherson area in November after months of Russian occupation, however Russian forces repeatedly shell the town and surrounding areas from throughout the Dnipro River.

This month a health care provider was killed and a nurse was wounded in Russian shelling of a Kherson hospital.

(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; enhancing by Robert Birsel)

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