At least two people were killed and five others injured Monday, December 12 in Russian bombings “massiveon Kherson, a large city in southern Ukraine taken over by kyiv a month ago, said the regional governor. According to Yaroslav Yanushevich, Russian troops hit a neighborhood in the center-east of Kherson. “Currently, there are two killed and five injured“, he wrote on Telegram.
Ambulances were heading to another area, also affected by the shelling and where the number of victims was not immediately known, he added. Russian forces occupied the city of Kherson, which then had a population of almost 300,000, and almost all of the eponymous region shortly after the start of their invasion of Ukraine launched at the end of February.
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The city of Kherson was recaptured in November by Ukrainian forces in a counter-offensive, which led to the withdrawal of Russian forces that crossed over to the left bank of the Dnieper River. Prior to their retreat in November, Russian forces destroyed basic public service infrastructure in the city and have since shelled Kherson repeatedly, according to local authorities.