2023-12-27 11:10:14
Russian attack on Kherson train station
Russia launched nearly 50 Iranian-made Shahed drones at targets in Ukraine and shelled a station where more than 100 civilians were waiting to board a train to kyiv, Ukrainian officials said Wednesday. The offensive left at least five dead and left a large part of the city of Kherson, in the south of the country, without power.
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Overnight, Kremlin forces launched drone and artillery strikes on the Kherson region as regarding 140 civilians waited for a train in the regional capital of the same name, according to Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko.
The damage in Kherson station (REUTERS/Oleksandr Ratushniak)(REUTERS/Oleksandr Ratushniak)
One police officer was killed and two other officers, as well as two civilians, were injured by artillery.
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More than 100 people who were waiting for the train at the time of the attack arrived in kyiv on Wednesday morning, national rail operator Ukrzaliznytsia said.
The station waiting room (REUTERS/Oleksandr Ratushniak)
The attack on Kherson and its capital affected residential areas and a shopping center, in addition to causing damage to the electricity grid, leaving regarding 70% of the capital’s residences without power during the winter, regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin said. .
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At the moment it was not possible to give an estimate of when the electrical service will resume, he said.
The city of Kherson was occupied by Russian troops shortly following Moscow invaded Ukraine in late February 2022. Under pressure from Ukrainian troops, Russian forces eventually retreated to the other side of the Dnipro River, which borders the city.
A worker cleans the Kherson station (REUTERS/Oleksandr Ratushniak)
Since then, the city has been subject to regular Russian bombing.
On December 13, Russia dropped almost 600 bombs once morest Kherson and carried out the largest cyber attack since the start of the war. One person died and four were injured as a result of these bombings, while the hacking caused the interruption of telephone and internet services.
Long-range attacks have become a feature of this 21-month-old war. As winter approaches and prevents the mobilization of troops on both sides, missiles and drones take on a leading role.
Attacking energy infrastructure was also a tactic Moscow employed last winter, when it attempted to break the morale of the Ukrainian population by depriving them of heat and running water.
In Odessa, another major city in southern Ukraine, a drone attack left two dead and three injured, including a 17-year-old boy, regional governor Oleh Kiper reported.
In this image released by the Odessa regional government, firefighters examine the site of a Russian rocket attack, Wednesday, December 27, 2023, in the Odessa region, Ukraine. (Odessa regional government via AP)
The Ukrainian air force reported that it intercepted 32 of the 46 drones that Russia launched overnight.
On the other hand, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed this Tuesday the capture by Russian forces of the city of Marinka, located in the province of Donetsk and in dispute since last May.
As reported in a press conference by the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, Valeri Zaluzhni, Ukrainian troops have prepared a defensive line on the outskirts of the city. Zaluzhni explained that Ukrainian soldiers defended the city under the trenches “street by street” and “block by block.” The commander thus stated that Marinka “no longer exists”, since it has been reduced to ashes by Moscow.
His words came following the day before the Russian Defense Minister, Sergei Shoigu, reported the capture of the city, which had numerous reinforced concrete constructions and underground tunnels built by the Ukrainian Army.
The United Kingdom Intelligence services reported in mid-December that Russian troops had managed to “further reduce” the “small” areas under Ukrainian control in this town, which was evacuated by the authorities in early November.
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