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Posted on May 19, 2025
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Russian attacks in Kherson, Ukraine, resulted in the deaths of two elderly individuals. The attacks caused significant damage to local infrastructure.
KYIV (Reuters) -A man and woman in their seventies were killed in separate Russian attacks on the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson, police and regional officials said on Monday.
A 75-year-old woman was killed and two people were wounded in shelling late on Sunday of a central area of Kherson, the region's main city, local authorities and police said on the Telegram messaging app.
A 76-year-old man was killed in a drone attack on Monday morning on a residential area of the Kakhovka district of Kherson on the Dnipro River, the police said.
Photographs posted by the police on Telegram showed devastated buildings and vehicles after the attacks, which they said had damaged two apartment buildings, 17 private houses and a factory, among other infrastructure.
Russia, which began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, did not immediately comment on the reports. It carried out its largest drone attack of the war on Sunday.
U.S. President Donald Trump is set to speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin later on Monday as the White House steps up efforts to end Russia's war in Ukraine.
(Reporting by Kyiv newsroom, Writing by Timothy Heritage, Editing by Gareth Jones)
The article discusses Russian attacks in Kherson, Ukraine, resulting in civilian casualties.
A 75-year-old woman and a 76-year-old man were killed in separate attacks.
Two apartment buildings, 17 private houses, and a factory were among the damaged infrastructure.
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