Antonina Dolomanzhi12:51, 01.01.23

The buildings of the regional children’s hospital were also damaged as a result of the shelling.

In Kherson , as a result of night shelling, one person was killed, another one was wounded. According to the Office of the President, the invaders did not stop hitting the city on New Year’s Eve.

“As a result of another Russian shelling, one person was killed, one was wounded,” the statement said.

The buildings of the regional children’s hospital were also damaged as a result of the shelling. “About 7 “arrivals” were recorded, more than 700 windows were smashed. The information is being specified,” the office said. The State Emergency Service of Ukraine also added that fires broke out there.

“In Kherson, on New Year’s Eve, the enemy shelled a hospital… On January 1, around midnight, as a result of shelling, fires broke out in the hospital building. As of 00:40, the fires were eliminated,” the report says.

It is noted that the hospital staff before the arrival of rescuers evacuated 17 children, 4 adults and 38 workers to the basement.

“There were no casualties,” the State Emergency Service added.

In addition, two hits of enemy shells were recorded in another building of the hospital – windows were broken there, a wall was damaged. At the time of the shelling, none of the people were in the building.

Shelling of the Kherson region

During the day, December 31, the Russian invaders fired 40 times on the Kherson region, three people were injured. In Kherson, enemy shells hit a critical infrastructure facility, private and apartment buildings.

(C)UNIAN 2023