(Reuters) – Russian shelling of Ukraine’s southern region of Kherson overnight resulted in the death of at least one person and injuries to six individuals, including two children, as stated by the regional governor on Monday.
On the Telegram messaging app, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin reported that Russian forces conducted 71 attacks within the past 24 hours, intentionally targeting residential areas, shops, medical infrastructure, and other establishments.
The governor further mentioned that 20 of these attacks were directed towards Kherson, the administrative district of the region. Additionally, authorities swiftly extinguished a fire sparked by shelling early on Monday.
Reuters was unable to independently verify this report, and there was no immediate comment from Russia.
Last November, Kyiv successfully expelled Russian forces from a portion of the Kherson region after several months of occupation. Nevertheless, Russian troops have persistently continued shelling the regional capital and its surrounding regions from across the Dnipro River.
(Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)
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