A firefighter extinguishes a burning shop after Russian shelling in Kherson on December 24. (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images)
At least 10 people were killed and 55 were injured in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson after Russian shelling hit the area on Saturday, Yaroslav Yanushevych, head of the Kherson region military administration, said in a new update on the death toll.
Yanushevych called on Kherson residents to donate blood to help save the lives of people injured in the shelling.
He also said the Russians used “Grad multiple-launch rocket systems to hit Kherson city center,” and 18 people, among 55, are in critical condition at the moment.
The head of the regional administration noted there were no children among the victims of Saturday morning’s shelling.
At the same time, he reported five people were killed and 17 were injured Friday as a result of Russian shelling.
“Among the injured is a six-year-old girl, doctors fought for her life and managed to save her,” Yanushevych said. “But, unfortunately, the six-year-old girl lost her eye and her ear. She has a broken leg. We will evacuate her to Kyiv.”
Yanushevych said the shelling of the city continued all day Saturday, especially the areas along the Dnipro river, and it prevented the rescuers from doing their job of clearing the rubble.
The areas along the Dnipro river, such as Hydropark, Antonivka and Navtohavan have no heating or electricity. Yanushevych said people who live in these areas are under constant heavy shelling and “need to immediately evacuate.”
“It is almost impossible to restore the infrastructure in these areas,” Yanushevych said.
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