Authorities: 1 killed, 3 injured in Russian attacks on Kherson Oblast.

Russian troops launched four guided aerial bombs on the Nova Kakhovka community in Kherson Oblast on June 1, killing an elderly man, reported [1]Nova Kakhovka City Military Administration. According to the report, there were also injured in the attack, but it's unclear yet how many. At least three homes were destroyed.

Kherson Oblast Governor Oleksandr Prokudin reported[2] another Russian air strike on Kherson Oblast, which hit the town of Beryslav on the west bank of the Dnipro River. Two men, aged 57 and 20, received minor injuries as a result of the Russian strike, said Prokudin. Russian forces fired two aerial guided bombs at the town, hitting a bakery, he added.

Russian troops also hit Beryslav with mortars, wounding a local woman, according to the oblast governor. The city of Kherson and other settlements in the oblast on the Dnipro River's west bank have been continuously subjected to Russian shelling since they were liberated[3] by Ukrainian forces in November 2022. Russian forces were pushed to the river's east bank, from where they have since been firing at the liberated territories, regularly resulting in civilian deaths and injuries.

Russia's new guided bombs pose increasingly serious threat to Ukraine

Still unable to achieve air supremacy, Russia is nevertheless finding ways to threaten Ukraine from the sky. Early this year, Russia introduced guided bombs -- essentially, the regular gravity bombs modified to be dropped by multirole fighter-bombers from safe distances and deal precise and very dam...

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Dinara Khalilova is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. She has previously worked as a fixer and local producer for Sky News.

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References

1. ^ reported (www.facebook.com)
2. ^ reported (t.me)
3. ^ liberated (kyivindependent.com)
4. ^ Russia's new guided bombs pose increasingly serious threat to UkraineStill unable to achieve air supremacy, Russia is nevertheless finding ways to threaten Ukraine from the sky.

   Early this year, Russia introduced guided bombs -- essentially, the regular gravity bombs modified to be dropped by multirole fighter-bombers from safe distances and deal precise and very dam... (kyivindependent.com)