22 people, including one child, may have been killed and 15 others injured by Russian shelling around 7 p.m. EET on June 7, according to earlier media reports.
The National Police have opened a criminal investigation for violation of the laws and customs of war under Part 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Those responsible could face life imprisonment.
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The Russian-appointed “governor” of Kherson Oblast, Volodymyr Saldo, blamed Ukrainian forces for the attack in his June 7 Telegram post. Russian propaganda later claimed the strike was launched from a HIMARS rocket launcher.
The legitimate Ukrainian governor of the partially occupied Oblast, Oleksandr Prokudin, refuted these claims and posted a video on June 7, showing discrepancies between the actual date of the strike and the pre-made Russian video.
Read also: Russia destroys school in frontline town Beryslav in Kherson Oblast
Earlier, on June 3, Prokudin reported that the Russians were planning "a provocation to stage the death of civilians" in Kherson.
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Section: Nation
Author: Андрій Журба
