At least five civilians were killed yesterday by Russian shelling in regions of Ukraine, while one Russian was killed in Russia’s Belgorod region and two were injured by Ukrainian shelling.
Specifically, in Kherson Three people were killed, one in the homonymous capital, the second outside the city, the third in the community of Berislav, in the northern zone.
Kherson was captured by the Russian military in the early days of the 2022 invasion, but Ukrainian troops retook much of it later that year. Since then, Russian armed forces have continued to frequently attack Ukrainian positions in the country.
At the Sumi, A 14-year-old boy was killed and 12 others injured in a rocket attack in the small town of Khluhiv, the Ukrainian prosecutor’s office said. Apartments, houses, educational facilities, shops and vehicles were hit yesterday afternoon. Six of the injured were children.
At the KharkivMilitary Governor Oleh Sinekhubov announced that one person was killed when his house was shelled near the city of Chuhuiv.
Across the border, in the Russian region Belgorodone person died, two were injured and houses were damaged by Ukrainian shelling.
At the same time, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that another village was captured in eastern Ukraine, where the slow advance of Russian forces continues. Russia has been gaining territory, albeit at a slow pace, since the failure of the Ukrainian counteroffensive in the summer of 2023 and the fall of the fortress city of Avdiyivka in February.
On the other hand, the Ukrainian armed forces reported yesterday that they launched attacks against refineries and three airports in Russia (in Saratov, Ryazan, Murmansk), while this happened “sabotaging” Russian military helicopters, one in Samara, two others in the Moscow region.