The Russian army attacked a boat with civilians evacuating from the left bank in the Kherson region
This was reported by the head of the President’s Office Andriy Yermak.
“They opened fire in the backs of civilians. Six people were injured. They reached Kherson and were hospitalized at a medical facility. Doctors are fighting for the lives of the wounded,” the report said.
Meantime, shelling of Kherson Oblast by the russian forces continue. russians on social networks “hunt” for places of gathering of people and humanitarian aid.
“As a result of the rising water, the russians had to withdraw their positions and occupy new lines in various areas from 5 to 15 km deep on the left bank. They continued to fire on the right bank, having established themselves in these positions. For a couple of days, they had a commotion related to the flood, they were redeploying. Now we are again observing an increase in the number of shellings,” – said Nataliya Humenyuk, the head of the press center of OC “South”.
Yesterday there was a very powerful shelling of Kherson, specifically the evacuation area. Also, according to her, the Russians continue shelling those settlements that receive people after evacuation, they try to hit with artillery those places where people gather, where appropriate hubs have been created.
She emphasized that the enemy uses unmanned reconnaissance to obtain information, and also looks for messages on social networks about where people are gathering, humanitarian aid.
08:00 p.m. updates: 13 people were injured as a result of shelling of the boat used to evacuate people from the left bank in the Kherson region.
3 civilians were killed, 10 more were injured, including 2 law enforcement officers.
A 74-year-old man covered the woman with his own body when the enemy opened fire. The russians shot him in the back. He died from his injuries, the doctors did not have time to help him.
09:00 p.m. updates: 21 people were rescued from a water trap on the occupied left bank of the Kherson region, – the Ministry of Internal Affairs reports.
“It was a big risk, but we could not leave people to their own devices. As a result, there was an insidious shelling in the back. 3 civilians were killed. 8 civilians were injured. 2 policemen were also injured,” said the Minister of Internal Affairs, head of the Headquarters for the Elimination of the Consequences of the Explosion by the Russians of the Kakhovska hydroelectric Dam, Ihor Klymenko.
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