A nurse is among the injured at the Kherson Regional Clinical Hospital (Picture: Yuriy Sobolevskyi)
A new barrage of Russian shelling has today hit southern Ukraine, killing at least three people.
A hospital, a school, a bus station, a post office, a bank, and apartment blocks are amongst the heavily damaged buildings in Kherson today.
The port city on the Dnieper River was liberated in November – after eight months of occupation – and since then Russia has been hellbent on destroying it.
The strike on the Kherson Regional Clinical Hospital marked at least the sixth time a medical facility in the area has been targeted since early December.
According to a statement from the health ministry, a former nurse was injured in the attack.
Multiple residential areas were also heavily shelled, with regional officials warning of ‘many casualties’.
The Russian army also targeted a number of residential buildings (Picture: Yuriy Sobolevskyi)
The death toll is expected to rise (Picture: Yuriy Sobolevskyi)
Two people pass by one of the targeted apartment blocks (Picture: Yuriy Sobolevskyi)
So far, three people have been confirmed dead, and five injured, but the death toll is expected to rise.
‘Kherson is under a massive attack by Russian artillery. The enemy is prowling the residential quarters of the city,’ a statement from the Kherson Oblast Military Administration read.
‘As a result of enemy shelling, a number of buildings were damaged – the Kherson Regional Clinical Hospital, a school, a bus station, a post office, a bank, and residential buildings.
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‘As of this hour, three people died, and five were injured.
‘All were taken to medical facilities, where doctors are providing them with the necessary assistance. One person is in serious condition.
‘Among the injured is a nurse who was in a regional hospital at the time of the Russian attack.’
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At least three people were killed.
