War in Ukraine: 7 dead, including a baby and a child, in a Russian bombardment in the south of the country

2023-08-13 12:53:44

Another murderous Russian bombardment. kyiv counts its dead after an attack which notably affected the locality of Shyroka Balka, in the Kherson region of Ukraine.

According to the new report put forward by the Ukrainian authorities, 7 people including a baby and a 12-year-old child lost their lives this Sunday after the attack. Interior Minister Igor Klymenko initially reported six deaths: three adults and a 23-day-old baby in the locality of Chyroka Balka, and two adults in that of Stanislav. He then reported the death in hospital of a 12-year-old child who was seriously injured in the shelling.

“An entire family died in Chyroka Balka,” he lamented.

On Telegram, Igor Klymenko shares the sad images of the attack on Shykora Balka. On one of them, you can see a column of black smoke rising from a house. A father, a mother and their 23-day-old child lost their lives there.

????Russian occupiers shelled the Kherson region, killing at least 5 adults and a baby

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— ZMiST (@ZMiST_Ua) August 13, 2023

“The terrorists must be stopped. They must be stopped by force,” Minister Igor Klymenko continued. A few days ago, kyiv was already bereaved by the death of five civilians, killed by two Russian strikes which hit a residential building in eastern Ukraine.