At least 16 killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine

At least 16 people died this Wednesday in the massive Russian shelling of Kherson, according to the prosecutor’s office of this Ukrainian region, partially occupied by Russian troops.

Of these, 12 deaths were registered in Kherson, the rest – in other regions of the region, the portal reports. Ukrinform.

Kherson’s military administration announced a 58-hour curfew from Friday to Wednesday, coinciding with Ukraine’s preparations for its long-awaited military counteroffensive aimed at retaking Russian-occupied territories in the country’s east and south.

In accordance with Ukrinformshelling took place on civil infrastructure and indiscriminately, resulting in at least 22 injuries in addition to the deaths.

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Already in the morning, regional authorities announced an attack on railroad station Kherson, at least one dead and three wounded.

The city of Kherson was liberated by Ukrainian troops in November after being occupied by Russia at the beginning of the war and is subject to daily artillery fire from across the Dnieper.

Ukraine also activated on Wednesday an anti-aircraft alert in Kyiv and in almost all eastern regions of the country.

This measure followed accusations from Moscow accusing Kyiv of launching Drone attack on the Kremlin with the intent to assassinate Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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The President of Russia threatenedretributionfor this action, while the Ukrainian president denied the allegations made by Moscow.

“We do not have any information about the alleged nighttime attacks on the Kremlin,” Mikhail Podolyak, an adviser to the President of Ukraine, said on Twitter in response to Moscow’s statement with threats of retaliation for the alleged attack.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has “repeatedly stated that all the forces and means at our disposal are aimed at the liberation of our territories, and not attacking others,” the adviser said in a message, in order to later show his “surprise” at the tone used by the “terrorist state ‘, referring to Russia.

(EFE)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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