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Russian strike on village near Kherson injures 2

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The aftermath of a Russian strike against a village on Kherson's outskirts on Oct. 13, 2023.
The aftermath of a Russian strike against a village on Kherson's outskirts on Oct. 13, 2023. (Kherson Oblast Prosecutor's Office)

Russian forces carried out a strike on a village in the outskirts of Kherson on Oct. 13, injuring two residents, the Prosecutor General's Office reported.

The attack, launched at around 1:05 p.m., injured a 42-year-old woman and a 52-year-old man and damaged several houses, the prosecutors said. Both victims were reportedly hospitalized.

The southern city of Kherson is a regular target of Russian strikes following its liberation in Ukraine's counteroffensive last fall.

On Oct. 12, Russia launched 100 strikes against Kherson Oblast, killing two people and injuring six others, including a child, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin reported.

Russian forces also targeted the city of Beryslav earlier on Oct. 13, killing one person and injuring two, the governor said.

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Martin Fornusek is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. He has previously worked as a news content editor at the media company Newsmatics and is a contributor to Euromaidan Press. He was also volunteering as an editor and translator at the Czech-language version of Ukraïner. Martin studied at Masaryk University in Brno, Czechia, holding a bachelor's degree in security studies and history and a master's degree in conflict and democracy studies.

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