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Russian attacks over past day kill 1, injure 7, including 2 children

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Russian attacks over past day kill 1, injure 7, including 2 children
The aftermath of Russian shelling in Kherson Oblast overnight on Jan. 25-26. (Governor Oleksandr Prokudin/Telegram)

Russian attacks over the past day killed one person and injured at least seven others, including two children, regional authorities said on Jan. 26.

In Kherson Oblast, Russian forces attacked with a variety of weapons, including two S-300 missiles, killing one person and injuring a 54-year-old woman, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said.

Russian attacks on the Donetsk Oblast city of Myrnohrad wounded six people, including two children, according to Governor Vadym Filashkin. One of the injured had to be hospitalized, Filashkin added.

The strikes also damaged numerous buildings in Myrnohrad and other Donetsk Oblast cities and towns.

Russian forces also attacked Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts, causing damage to buildings but no casualties.

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Nate Ostiller is a former News Editor at the Kyiv Independent. He works on special projects as a researcher and writer for The Red Line Podcast, covering Eastern Europe and Eurasia, and focused primarily on digital misinformation, memory politics, and ethnic conflict. Nate has a Master’s degree in Russian and Eurasian Studies from the University of Glasgow, and spent two years studying abroad at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Ukraine. Originally from the USA, he is currently based in Tbilisi, Georgia.

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