UPDATED: russians killed a family in Kherson Oblast with an artillery strike – Ministry of Internal Affairs

The youngest was only 23 days old

UPDATED at 5:05 p.m.:

The head of the Interior Ministry, Ihor Klymenko, has reported that the death toll has risen to 7, with the number of injured increasing to 13.

He clarified that 5 people had died in Shyroka Balka, and 2 in Stanislav. Meanwhile, 3 individuals were injured in Kherson and Beryslav each, 2 in Stanislav and Komyshany each, and 1 each in Veletenske, Zolota Balka, and Novokairy.

According to him, the emergency services have extinguished all fires in residential buildings and garages.


Occupiers launched an artillery strike on the village of Shyroka Balka in Kherson Oblast, killing 6 people.

This was reported by Ihor Klymenko, Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

"In Shyroka Balka, as a result of the enemy artillery shelling, a local resident and a family – a husband, wife and their daughter, who was only 23 days old, were killed. Their 12-year-old son has been hospitalised in a critical condition. The boy's condition is severe," he stated.

Klymenko clarified that in the city of Stanislaviv (Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast), 12 enemy missile hits had been recorded. "Two men died. Another woman is injured and is receiving medical assistance," he noted.

Background. As reported by Mind, over 500 children had died since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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