As a result of the shelling of the Russian-occupied village of Chaplinka in the Kherson region, seven people were killed, said Senator Konstantin Basyuk, appointed by the Russian authorities.
According to the Ministry of Health of the annexed part of the Kherson region, nine people were hospitalized. According to Basyuk, the shells hit the building of the pension fund and employment center. He placed responsibility for the strike on the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In the afternoon, the “head of administration” of the partially occupied Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, spoke about the shelling of Chaplinka by “six American missiles”. According to him, four missiles shot down air defense systems, and two more “hit a civilian target.”
In the afternoon, Saldo wrote about one dead woman and two victims who were taken to the hospital in serious condition.
Photo: telegram channel of the Russian-appointed “head of administration” of the Kherson region Vladimir Saldo
< p>The head of the Kherson military administration, Roman Mrochko, reported today that at about 14:00 the Russian army fired at the city from the left bank, killing three elderly men. At the time of the shelling, they were in the center of Kherson and were hospitalized.
Updated at 18:46. Information about the victims has been clarified.