Lviv (Ukraine), Dec 24 (EFE).- The number of Ukrainian civilians killed in a Russian attack against the center of the city of Kherson has risen to eight, according to the prosecutor’s office for that region.
“At least eight civilians have been killed and another 17 have been injured. Several people are hospitalized with serious injuries,” the prosecution said in a statement announcing the opening of a war crimes investigation.
The Ukrainian authorities had initially announced the death of five civilians as a result of a Russian attack on the center of the city, in addition to five other victims registered yesterday in the region.
The “terrorist state” continues to bombard the civilian population of Ukraine, the vice president of the presidential office, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, said in reference to Russia on his Telegram channel.
Kherson. On Saturday morning, on Christmas Eve, in the central part of the city. This is not military installations, this is not a war that follows the rules,” he added, in a post accompanied by photos showing cars on fire and people lying on the ground.
Shortly after, he published another message in which he informed that for the moment the attack had left five dead and twenty wounded.
Yesterday, Russian forces had already bombarded the territory of the region 74 times with artillery fire, multiple rocket launchers, mortars and tanks, the head of the military administration of that province reported on his Telegram account. Yaroslav Yanushevich.
“The Russian army killed five civilians in the Kherson region and 17 people were injured with different levels of severity,” Yanushevich said.
“Among the injured is a six-year-old girl. The girl was taken to the hospital with multiple shrapnel wounds. The girl is serious », she concluded. EFE
