The Russian army carried out 80 shelling attacks on the Kherson region on December 17, killing one person, Ukrainian state news agency Ukrinform reported.
"Over the past 24 hours, the enemy carried out 80 shelling attacks, firing 374 shells from mortars, artillery, Grads, tanks, UAVs and aircraft," Oleksandr Prokudin, the head of the regional military administration, said in a Facebook post.
"The enemy fired 47 shells at the city of Kherson," he added, as cited by Ukrinform.
According to Prokudin, the Russian military targeted residential neighbourhoods in the region.
Earlier reports said that 20 people, including four children, were evacuated from the liberated areas of the Kherson region on Saturday.
Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, launching the largest military campaign in Europe since World War II.
Monday is day 663 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
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Source: ukrinform.net, IAR, PAP
