A Russian strike on Ukraine's recently recaptured city of Kherson killed at least 10 people, wounded another 58 and left bloodied corpses on the road, authorities said, in what Kyiv condemned as wanton killing for pleasure, APA reports citing Reuters.
Kherson regional governor Yaroslav Yanushevych told national television the death toll had risen to 10, up from seven reported earlier, Interfax Ukraine news agency said.
Yuriy Sobolevskyi, deputy chair of the regional council, said a missile landed next to a supermarket by the city's Freedom Square.
"There were civilians there, each of whom lived their own life, went about their own business," he said, noting a girl selling phone Sim cards, others unloading items from a truck, and passers-by."
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A Russian strike on Ukraine's recently-liberated city of Kherson killed at least five people and wounded another 35 on Saturday, authorities said, in what President Volodymyr Zelenskiy condemned as wanton killing for pleasure, APA reports citing Reuters.
Photos on the president's Telegram account showed a built-up city centre strewn with burning cars, smashed windows and what appeared to be corpses on pavements.
"Social networks will most likely mark these photos as 'sensitive content'. But this is not sensitive content – it is the real life of Ukraine and Ukrainians," Zelenskiy wrote.
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At least five people were killed and another 20 wounded by a Russian strike on the center of Ukraine's southern city of Kherson, presidential aide Kyrylo Tymoshenko said on Saturday, APA reports.
Shortly after, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy condemned the attacks as an act of "terror."
"These are not military facilities," Zelenskiy wrote on Telegram, adding that the attacks were "killing for the sake of intimidation and pleasure."
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