A Russian drone strike on a minibus in Kherson killed two people, underscoring continued attacks on civilian areas as Moscow claims gains along the front line.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Two people were killed after a Russian drone attacked a minibus in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, local officials said Saturday, in the latest shelling of civilian areas, a hallmark of The complete occupation of Moscow of her neighbor.
Seven people were also injured in the attack, regional head Oleksandr Prokudin said. Hours later, Russia attacked another minibus in Kherson, injuring the driver, he said.
On Ukraine’s Black Sea coast, a Russian attack damaged port infrastructure in the city of Odesa. No casualties are reported.
Ukrainian civilians have endured relentless airstrikes since Russia’s launch a full-scale invasion of her neighbor more than four years ago. US-brokered talks between Moscow and Kiev over the past year have produced no deadline, with Russia rejecting Ukraine’s offer of a ceasefire and in recent weeks, Iran was has diverted international attention from Ukraine’s dire situation.
Meanwhile, on the roughly 1,250-kilometer (750-mile) front line, Russia claimed Saturday to have taken control of the village of Myropillia in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region.
It was not possible to independently verify the battlefield claims, and Ukraine did not immediately comment.
In Russia, local officials in the Krasnodar region said a fire that broke out Friday after a Ukrainian attack on an oil terminal in the Black Sea city of Tuapse was put out on Saturday.
Ukrainian drones have hit the Tuapse oil refinery and export terminal on four occasions in just over two weekssparking fires that prompted local evacuations and raised massive plumes of smoke.
Ukraine has escalated its long distance attacks against Russian oil facilities in an attempt to cut Moscow’s oil exports, a key source of funding for its heavy-handed occupation of Ukraine. But the economic impact is so far unclear, since the increase in the price of oil from Iran warand a related one the easing of US sanctionshave helped replenish the Kremlin’s coffers.
From sgames KULLAB Associated Press
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