Russian shelling injures 3 in Kherson Oblast.
Russian forces shelled four more settlements in Kherson Oblast on May 13, injuring three people, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin reported[1]. According to Prokudin, Russian troops attacked the communities of Beryslav, Mykhailivka, Chornobaivka, and Zolota Balka. Civilian infrastructure was reportedly damaged in the attacks.
According to Prokudin, an earlier attack on Beryslav has resulted in a loss of power.
Stranded civilians brave shelling, return to Ukraine's front-line towns ORIKHIV, HULIAIPOLE, Zaporizhzhia Oblast - A massive rumble shakes the basement under the partly destroyed administrative building, followed by another blast much closer. "Not good," says 51-year-old Svitlana Mandrich, Orikhiv's deputy mayor, looking warily at the sandbags protecting the cellar's v...
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Earlier on May 13, Russian attacks injured two people in Chornobaivka, a northern suburb of Kherson that hosts an inactive airfield. Kherson Oblast Military Administration reported[3] 88 Russian attacks in the region over May 12 with two civilians killed and four injured.
The city of Kherson and other settlements in the region on the Dnipro River's west bank have been continuously subjected to Russian shelling since they were liberated by Ukrainian forces in November 2022. Russian troops were pushed to the river's east bank, from where they have since been shelling the liberated territories, resulting in civilian deaths and injuries. Russian shelling of two communities in Kharkiv Oblast injured five civilians, including a 15-year-old boy, the regional Prosecutor's Office reported[4] on May 13.
On the morning of May 13, Russian forces attacked Khatnie in the Kupiansk[5] community with artillery, injuring two women, one man, and a 15-year-old boy, according to the report. Less than an hour later, a Russian attack on Ohirtseve village in the Chuhuiv community injured a 61-year-old civilian.
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References
- ^ reported (t.me)
- ^ Stranded civilians brave shelling, return to Ukraine's front-line townsORIKHIV, HULIAIPOLE, Zaporizhzhia Oblast - A massive rumble shakes the basement under the partly destroyed administrative building, followed by another blast much closer. "Not good," says 51-year-old Svitlana Mandrich, Orikhiv's deputy mayor, looking warily at the sandbags protecting the cellar's v... (kyivindependent.com)
- ^ reported (t.me)
- ^ reported (www.facebook.com)
- ^ Kupiansk (kyivindependent.com)