Ukraine: 7 Including Newborn Killed In Russian Attack In Kherson

At least seven people were killed including a newborn baby due to Russian shelling in Ukraine's Kherson area on Sunday, according to a CNN report citing a regional leader.

The head of Kherson regional military administration, Oleksandr Prokudin said that a 23-day-old baby and her 12-year-old brother along with their parents were killed in the attack.

Oleksandr Prokudin said in a post on Telegram, "Today, the Kherson region has been shaken by terrible news. Little Sofia was only 23 days old, her brother Artem was 12 years old. Today, they were killed by Russia along with their father and mother."

He said that two people including a Christian pastor were killed in a strike in Stanislav village.

"The pastor of the Christian church Mykola Tachyshvili and his fellow villager was killed by an enemy strike. The believers remember him as a kind and bright man," said Prokudin.

The head of the Kharkiv region military administration, Oleh Syniehubov was quoted by CNN as saying that so far, 111 people including 36 children have been evacuated from Kupiansk district of Kharkiv over the past 24 hours.

Syniehubov said, "One hundred eleven people have been evacuated from Kupiansk district over the past 24 hours, including 36 children and four people with disabilities,” said Oleh Syniehubov, the head of Kharkiv region military administration."

Local authorities on August 9 issued evacuation orders. Syniehubov said that 204 people, including 71 children have been relocated since then, according to CNN.

He said, "All evacuees are receiving the necessary assistance: free accommodation, humanitarian aid, medical support, assistance in obtaining IDP certificates and relevant financial aid from the government and international organizations," as per the CNN report.

As per the news report, Russian shelling in the Kharkiv region, particularly near Kupiansk, has intensified over the past week as Russian forces bolstered their efforts to capture the city for a second time. According to Ukrainian authorities, 12,000 people, including more than 600 children need to leave the city.

Earlier this week, an eight-year-old child was killed by a Russian missile targeted at the Ivano-Frankivsk region of western Ukraine, CNN reported citing Kyiv authorities.

“At about 10 a.m. (local time), the Russian military fired aerial ballistic missiles at the infrastructure of the Ivano-Frankivsk region," the Prosecutor General’s Office stated.

"The missile hit the territory of a private house in the Kolomyia district. An 8-year-old boy died as a result of the attack. Information about other victims is currently being clarified,” CNN quoted the office.

Svitlana Onyshchuk, the head of Ivano-Frankivsk region military administration has said that the child was taken to hospital in critical condition. However, doctors were unable to save him.

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