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Loud explosions reported in Russian-occupied Kherson.

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Four powerful explosions were heard in Kherson on the evening of Sept. 17, Ukrainian media reported. Local residents said that black smoke was rising from the territory of a machine-building plant where a Russian military base is allegedly located.

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