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Woman killed by shelling in Kherson Region

A child and a man were wounded.

Woman killed by shelling in Kherson Region
Consequences of Russian shelling, 9 March 2024
Photo: Interior Ministry

A 58-year-old woman was killed and a 49-year-old man was wounded as a result of artillery shelling in Olhivka, Kherson Region, the Interior Ministry and the National Police said.

In Korabelnyy district of Kherson, a missile hit a five-storey building, partially destroying the entrance. A 7-year-old boy was injured. Two other people were unblocked from the damaged apartment, and other residents were quickly evacuated to a safer place. A nine-storey building and a car service station were also damaged.

Russia carried out combined strikes from multiple launch rocket systems, artillery and aircraft.

As a result of the artillery shelling of the city centre, a hospital building was damaged. In the coastal area, Russian shells damaged an enterprise.

In Kherson District, the police recorded damage to 45 objects as a result of shelling: 30 private houses and four multi-storey buildings, two administrative buildings, a hospital, a kindergarten, an enterprise, a car service station, a gas pipeline, two cars and a garage.

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