3 civilians killed by Russian shelling, Ukraine says

Ukrainian authorities said three civilians were killed after shelling from Russian forces in a suburb of Kherson, Ukraine. 

Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko confirmed the deaths Thursday, saying the city’s Chornobayivka suburb was a target of heavy shelling. Klymenko added that Russian forces used cluster munitions in their attack. 

Cluster munitions are a type of explosive weapon that contains multiple explosive submunitions. The weapon is being used by Russia and Ukraine in the war. Ukraine received its cluster munitions as military aid from the U.S. 

More than 60 residential and infrastructure buildings were damaged in the shelling attack, according to The Associated Press.

Five civilians were wounded in the bomb shelling, Klymenko added. 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office also said Russian forces conducted attacks on other parts of the province with eight nighttime artillery barrages, resulting in the death of a 42-year-old man in his apartment building and another civilian sustaining injuries. 

The office also said two civilians were killed in the Donetsk region, located in the eastern part of the country, due to Russian shelling, the AP reported. 

This comes as Russian state media reported TV journalist Boris Maksudov, who worked for Russian state television channel Russia 24, died after being wounded in a drone attack while reporting in the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia region. 

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which began in February 2022, has killed thousands on both sides and displaced 6.3 million Ukrainian citizens. 

The Associated Press contributed.