A Russian strike on the southern Ukrainian metropolis of Kherson on Saturday left three individuals lifeless and two others wounded, authorities mentioned.

“Russian terrorists are shelling Kherson again,” Andriy Yermak, the top of Ukraine’s presidential workplace, mentioned on messaging app Telegram.

He posted an image of firefighters subsequent to a charred automotive.

Oleksandr Prokudin, the top of Kherson’s regional army administration, mentioned the casualties occurred when a automotive was hit by a shell and caught hearth.

The strike got here two days after Russian artillery hearth additionally killed three individuals in Kherson, in accordance with the Ukrainian presidency.

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Kherson is the capital of one of many 4 areas — together with Donetsk, Lugansk and Zaporizhzhia — that Russia claims to have annexed however doesn’t absolutely management.

Despite Russia’s retreat from the town of Kherson late final yr, it has been commonly pounded by Moscow’s troops.

Several automobiles have been broken on account of the shelling.

Galyna Kolisnyk, 53, mentioned the Russians struck when she was in a retailer.

“When we entered, literally five minutes later this tragedy happened,” she advised AFP.

“Explosions began, our car got hit….This is horrible.”