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Russian attacks against Ukraine kill 3, injure 18 over past day

by Kateryna Denisova May 14, 2024 10:01 AM 2 min read
The aftermath of Russia's attack on the city of Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on May 14, 2024. (Serhii Lysak/Telegram)
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Russian attacks against Ukraine killed three people and injured 18 over the past day, regional authorities said on May 14.

Russia targeted a total of 10 Ukrainian oblasts — Sumy, Mykolaiv, Luhansk, Odesa, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, and Kherson. Casualties were reported in the latter four regions.

In Kharkiv, two people – a 52-year-old man and a 66-year-old woman – reportedly suffered shock after Russian forces attacked the city with two glide bombs. Two women, aged 38 and 56, were injured, regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said.

The attack reportedly damaged seven residential buildings, garages, and cars.

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A Russian missile strike on the enterprise in the village of Korotych in Kharkiv Oblast killed one man and injured four others on May 13, the governor said.

Four people were reportedly injured after Russian massive attacks on Vovchansk. A 70-year-old woman suffered injuries in the village of Lyptsi, according to Syniehubov.

Russian shelling of the city of Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on May 14 killed a 45-year-old man and injured a 47-year-old man, Governor Serhii Lysak said.

Russian attacks against Kherson Oblast damaged 16 houses, a high-rise building, critical and port infrastructure, an educational institution, and an administrative building, said Governor Oleksandr Prokudin. One person was killed and two more injured over the past day, according to Prokudin.

Russian troops also attacked the border town of Snovsk in Chernihiv Oblast with cluster munitions, injuring four people, Governor Viacheslav Chaus reported.

Russia’s new Kharkiv offensive pushes Vovchansk to the brink of annihilation
VOVCHANSK, KHARKIV OBLAST – The glide bombs arrive in groups of three. Their flight can be heard from far away, but only in the last second before impact is it clear where it will hit. The explosions, orders of magnitude more powerful than regular artillery shells, shake the ground where the
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