A dozen people were wounded, including a 27-year-old woman and her 9-month-old baby, in a Russian attack on the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson, its governor said on Sunday. According to the region’s administration, Russian forces have carried out 59 attacks over the past 24 hours on Kherson, including 19 instances of shelling of Kherson city, the region’s administrative centre. Read our live blog for all the latest developments on the war in Ukraine. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).
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7:47am: A dozen injured, including baby, in Russian attack on Ukraine’s Kherson region, says governor
A dozen people were wounded, including a 27-year-old woman and her 9-month-old baby, in a Russian attack on the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson, its governor said on Sunday.
“The Kherson region experienced another terrible night,” Governor Oleksandr Prokudin wrote on the Telegram messaging app.
The woman and the infant were hospitalised with moderate wounds, he said, adding that a 33-year-old Red Cross medic was also wounded.
Several houses and gas pipelines were damaged in the attack.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces carried out 59 attacks on Kherson, the region’s administration said on Telegram, including 19 instances of shelling of Kherson city, the region’s administrative centre.
FRANCE 24 could not independently verify the reports. There was no immediate comment from Russia.
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