Two people were killed and five others wounded in Russian shelling that targeted the Kherson region in southern Ukraine, its governor Yaroslav Yanushevich said on Sunday.
The city of Kherson was recaptured in November by Ukrainian forces in a counteroffensive that led to the withdrawal of Russian forces that crossed to the left bank of the Dnieper River.
“The enemy again attacked the residential areas of Kherson,” the governor said, on his Telegram account, saying that the Russian army attacked a maternity hospital, a cafeteria and an apartment building.
Electricity restored to “almost 90%”
“Last night, two people were killed by Russian shelling” in the region, the governor said, adding that electricity had been restored “to almost 90%” in and around the city itself.
It added that five other people were injured to varying degrees in the “45 attacks” that attacked the area with artillery, multiple rocket launchers, tanks and mortars.
Before their withdrawal in November, Russian forces destroyed the city’s basic utility infrastructure and have repeatedly shelled Kherson ever since.
Odessa is also a target of drone strikes
In the Black Sea city of Odessa, emergency power cuts continued following Russian drone strikes, regional government spokesman Sergiy Bratchuk said on Sunday. Authorities also said “water supply disruptions” had occurred due to power outages in parts of the city.
On Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said more than 1.5 million people were without power in the Odessa region after Russian strikes with Iranian drones.
Odessa was a popular vacation destination for many Ukrainians and Russians before Russian troops invaded Ukraine on February 24.
Source: BFM TV
