On the bank of the Dnieper river held by kyiv, a 58-year-old woman died during an “artillery bombardment” which also injured a 49-year-old man, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry said.
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Russian shelling killed at least three civilians and injured three others in the Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Donetsk regions of east-central, southern and eastern Ukraine, authorities said on Saturday (March 9). .
In the village of Olguivka, on the bank of the Dnieper river held by kyiv, a 58-year-old woman died during a “artillery bombardment” which also injured a 49-year-old man, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry said.
In the Korabelny district of the city of Kherson, the regional capital reconquered by the Ukrainian army in the fall of 2022, a 7-year-old boy was injured during a “rocket fire” near a residential building, according to the same source.
Near the front, 21 children evacuated from villages
Further north, Russian artillery fire, according to the Ukrainian Interior Ministry, hit the town of Chervonogrygorivka, near the town of Nikopol in the Dnipropetrovsk region. These shots hit two brothers aged 16 and 22. “The youngest died of his injuries, the eldest was taken to hospital with serious injuries, doctors are fighting for his life”specified the ministry.
In the Donetsk region (east), subject to permanent fighting, a 46-year-old man lost his life during strikes on the town of Chassiv Iar, said Governor Vadym Filachkine.
Earlier, he said that nearly 200 people, including 21 children, had been evacuated from villages near the frontline due to intense fighting. The Russian army conquered the fortress town of Avdiïvka in this region in February and is continuing an offensive in this sector.