Three killed and five injured in Russian attacks on Kherson Oblast
In the afternoon, Russian attacks killed one resident in the village of Tokarivka. The victim was a 41-year-old man.
Shelling
Russian attack on Kharkiv Oblast kills one and injuries two
The attack killed a 72-year-old woman and a nine-year-old boy was one of the two injured residents.
Russian attacks on Kherson, Donetsk oblasts kill 1, injure 9
Russian troops attacked the village of Mykhailivka in Donetsk Oblast and the Beryslav district in Kherson Oblast on May 16, killing one person and injuring nine, according to the prosecutors.
Russia attacks 9 communities in Sumy Oblast, killing 1, injuring 2
Artillery shelling injured a resident of Seredyna-Buda. Earlier, the administration reported that attacks in Esman killed a 64-year-old woman and injured her teenage granddaughter.
Authorities: Russian attack on Sumy Oblast injures 3, including children
Russian troops shelled the village of Uhroidy in Sumy Oblast on May 6, injuring three people, including two children, Suspilne reported, citing Iryna Yukhta, secretary of the Krasnopil village council.
Russian attacks in Donetsk Oblast injure 4 civilians
Three people in Kurakhove sustained shrapnel wounds when artillery shelling struck their apartment buildings. Cannon artillery shelling in Kostiantynivka injured a 75-year-old resident, who was subsequently hospitalized.
Prosecutor's Office: Russian attack on Krasnohorivka kills elderly man, woman
A 73-year-old man was killed in one of the houses, and his injured 50-year-old daughter was hospitalized, according to the Prosecutor General's Office. A 70-year-old woman was killed by shelling in her house on a neighboring street.
Russian media: Shelling in Belgorod damages apartment buildings
Residents reported loud noises in the region at around 3 a.m. local time, and photos and videos circulated on social media showing damaged apartments. Residents said shrapnel had broken the windows in several units.
Russian attacks kill 1 in Kharkiv Oblast, injure 1 in Kherson
Russian troops attacked the village of Kurylivka in Kupiansk district, killing a 67-year-old woman, Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov said.
Russia attacks 8 communities in Sumy Oblast
Throughout the day, the border region was assailed with artillery, drone, mortar, grenade, and rocket attacks. Russian forces also dropped 37 mines on Velyka Pysarivka.
Russian shelling in Zaporizhzhia Oblast kills 1, injures 1
Shelling in the occupied village of Nove in the Polohy district killed a 76-year-old resident, Fedorov said. An artillery attack on the front-line town of Orikhiv injured a 53-year-old man.
Russia shells 9 communities in Sumy Oblast, injuring 4
Russian forces shelled Sumy Oblast 252 times in 54 separate attacks throughout the day, injuring 4 people, the Sumy Oblast Military Administration reported on Feb. 19.
Ukraine’s biggest children’s hospital treats people wounded by Russians
When surgeon Oleh Godik woke up on Feb. 24, he knew that life had changed fundamentally. A day later, when he had to operate on a boy who'd been critically wounded in the neck by shrapnel from Russian forces, he knew he had been right. Despite his best attempts to
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