One person has died and at least three have been injured in a Russian artillery rocket attack on the Kherson region in southern Ukraine, a local official said yesterday. The latest Russian strikes come as Ukraine confirms it is preparing to retaliate against invading Russian forces to its territory from February 2022. It’s almost over.
“Over the past 24 hours, Russia has carried out 39 artillery strikes and fired 163 heavy artillery shells, (missiles) Gradov: drones and aviation,” said Oleksandr Prokudin, head of Ukraine’s regional military administration.
In addition, Russia still controls part of the Kherson region, despite its withdrawal from its capital last November.
Recently, Moscow has resumed intensive bombing of Ukrainian regions.
Several cities were also hit Friday morning in what was the first of its kind in weeks, killing at least 23 people in Uman (center) and two people in Dnipro (center east), as well as the body of a man was found. under the rubble of his house in Kherson.
In recent months, Ukraine has reinforced its air defenses with Western equipment, most notably the American Patriot system it received in April.
Kyiv has been saying for months that it intends to launch an offensive to retake Russian-occupied territories in eastern and southern Ukraine.
For his part, the governor of the Bryansk region in western Russia announced on Sunday that Ukrainian aircraft had carried out a nighttime strike on the border village of Suzimka, killing four civilians.
