According to the telegraph channel of the Kherson regional police, 11 people, including three children, were injured over the past 24 hours as a result of attacks by Russian troops in the Kherson region.
Eleven people were injured in Russian attacks in the Kherson region, including three children, according to local authorities.
For several days now, the Russian military has been relentlessly bombarding the region with artillery, mortars and multiple launch rocket systems. The forces have also used drones to drop explosives on several targets.
Residential, administrative and educational buildings were damaged as well as essential infrastructure. A 63-year-old woman and a 16-year-old boy were hospitalized after being trapped in the rubble for several hours.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited a special forces base in the Kharkiv region. He met with the forward command post of the special operations forces and presented state awards.
“I would like to thank you for your heroic operations, both behind enemy lines and during the defense and de-occupation of our territories, cities and villages, starting with the defense of Donetsk airport in 2014, then Gostomel in the Kherson region, and the operation in the Kharkiv region.”Mr. Zelensky told the soldiers at the base.
The situation in the country remains dire following the Russian invasion, but Ukraine is fighting back.
According to Ukrainian military intelligence spokesman Andrii Yusov, the shelling hit a military airfield located about 1,800 km from the Russian border and damaged a Tu-22M3 bomber.
Berlin has handed over eight tanks, 21,000 rounds of anti-aircraft gun ammunition and other aid in its latest delivery to Ukraine, the German government said on Monday.
The United States also announced additional security assistance to Ukraine worth $200 million, including air defense interceptors, munitions and anti-tank weapons.