2023-11-13 19:10:00
Russian attacks on the Ukrainian city of Kherson left three dead and twelve injured, including a 2-month-old baby, on Monday November 13, according to local authorities. The country celebrated on Saturday the first anniversary of the liberation of this large southern city, which ended eight months of Russian occupation. But Moscow’s army is not far away: only the Dnieper river separates them from the city, which is bombarded almost daily. The Ukrainian army holds the right bank of the Dnieper.
Two people, a 62-year-old woman and a 45-year-old man, were killed and ten others injured during an artillery attack on the center of the city, the region’s governor, Oleksandr Prokudin, said on Telegram . According to this source, this attack “destroyed or damaged” a hospital, an administrative building, around fifteen houses and eight vehicles, including an ambulance. Two caregivers and a hospital patient were injured, according to the governor.
A depopulated city
Earlier in the day, a Russian artillery strike also hit a car in a suburb of the city, killing a man and injuring a 2-month-old child, reported the head of the Kherson military administration, Roman Mrochko. According to Roman Mrochko, this baby and his family were returning from a “medical examination” when their vehicle was hit by gunfire. In total, according to the latest report, the strikes left three people dead and twelve injured during the day, said Roman Mrochko.
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Ukrainian troops have held the right bank of the Dnieper for a year and are facing the Russian army, on the left bank, which still occupies part of the Kherson and Zaporizhia regions. But, according to Russian and Ukrainian bloggers and experts, the Kiev army has managed to anchor forces on the occupied bank of the Dnieper since the end of October, in particular in the village of Krynky.
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