KYIV, Ukraine: Russian artillery and aerial attacks killed nine people in Ukraine -- including a child -- in strikes across the country on Tuesday, officials said.
Those strikes came as Moscow, which invaded Ukraine more than four years ago, said a Ukrainian drone had hit a house in Russia, killing a child and his parents.
Russia´s invasion has cost hundreds of thousands of lives and forced millions of people from their homes in the bloodiest conflict in Europe since World War II.
The two sides have stepped up deadly long-range drone and missile attacks in recent months, mainly targeting energy infrastructure, with Moscow aiming to dent Ukrainian resolve and Kyiv targeting Russian energy revenues.
Russian shelling in the southern city of Kherson -- captured by Russia and then liberated in 2022 -- killed four people and wounded several others, a regional official said.
The official, Oleksandr Prokudin, likened the Russian shelling on Kherson to “hell” and posted footage showing bodies strewn on the street and bloodied victims.
The attack in Kherson came just hours after a Russian drone attack on a passenger bus in the frontline city of Nikopol killed four people, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
“The Russians continue their deliberate terror against people in Nikopol and other cities and communities near the front,” Zelensky added.
Regional officials posted photos showing a yellow mini-bus ripped open in the attack and remains of those killed lying on the street. Hours later, another attack hit another bus near the city, wounding five, local authorities said.
Nikopol, which had a pre-war population of around 100,000 people, lies on the banks of the Dnipro river, which cuts through Ukraine and forms a de facto front line in the south of the country.
