Death toll from Russian strike on Kherson reaches seven, including a 23-day-old baby

The number of people killed in a Russian missile attack on two villages in the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson has risen to seven, including an infant, according to officials.

A handout photo made available by the Zaporizhzhia City Council shows the shelling crater in the aftermath of a rocket strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, 10 August 2023, amid the Russian invasion

Photo: EPA/Zaporizhzhia City Council

On Sunday, Ukraine’s interior minister Ihor Klymenko reported that a family, along with their 23-day-old baby and 12-year-old son were killed in the village of Shyroka Balka.

In neighbouring village Stanislav, two individuals lost their lives, and one person was wounded.

"The terrorists will never willingly stop killing civilians," Klymenko wrote in a Telegram post along with two photos of damaged houses.

"The terrorists must be stopped. With force. They don't understand anything else," the official said.

While Ukraine's military managed to regain control of the western part of Kherson in November last year, Russian forces from across the Dnipro River have persistently continued their shelling of the area.

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Source: Reuters, IAR