Explosion injures 2 children in Kherson Oblast.

Two children were wounded by an unidentified explosive object in the village of Zahorianivka, Kherson Oblast, Kherson Obalst Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said[1] via his official Telegram page. According to Prokudin, two boys aged 13 and ten were playing at a local playground when the explosion happened. The older boy sustained shrapnel wounds to his limbs, while the younger one was wounded in the abdomen.

The children were transfered to the local hospital and the 13-year-old boy is currently undergoing surgery, Prokudin said. At least 483 children have been killed and 986 injured as a result of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine, according to the General Prosecutor's Office. These numbers, reported[2]  by prosecutors on May 29, are not conclusive as investigations continue and additional crimes uncovered, particularly in the areas where hostilities are taking place.

Prokudin urged residents to educate their children about the danger of explosives and any unidentified objects they might encounter. In Ukraine, at least 174,000 square kilometers are estimated to have been afflicted by landmine contamination. This is an area larger than England, Wales, and Northern Ireland combined.

Retired US General Petraeus: 'Now it's inevitable - we should give the ATACMS'

The Kyiv Independent interviewed retired U.S. General David Petraeus on the sidelines of a security conference held by the Cipher Brief in Kyiv on May 31. Petraeus is a four-star U.S. general who has commanded two wars.

He has headed multinational forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, and has

Development manager, Canadian correspondent

Olena Goncharova is a development manager and Canadian correspondent for the Kyiv Independent. She first joined the Kyiv Post, Ukraine's oldest English-language newspaper, as a staff writer in January 2012 and became the newspaper's Canadian correspondent in June 2018. She is based in Edmonton, Alberta.

Olena has a master's degree in publishing and editing from the Institute of Journalism in Taras Shevchenko National University in Kyiv. Olena was a 2016 Alfred Friendly Press Partners fellow who worked for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for six months. The program is administered by the University of Missouri School of Journalism in Columbia.

References

1. ^ said (t.me)
2. ^ reported (kyivindependent.com)
3. ^ Retired US General Petraeus: 'Now it's inevitable - we should give the ATACMS'The Kyiv Independent interviewed retired U.S.

   General David Petraeus on the sidelines of a security conference held by the Cipher Brief in Kyiv on May 31.

   Petraeus is a four-star U.S. general who has commanded two wars.

   He has headed multinational forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, and has (kyivindependent.com)