In Kherson, two victims were reported as a result of a rocket attack on a hotel

In Kherson, two victims were reported as a result of a rocket attack on a hotel


The armed forces of Ukraine on Sunday morning launched a missile attack on a hotel building in Kherson, according to preliminary data, two people were killed, transmits TASS correspondent. Information about the shelling was confirmed by the press service of the administration of the Kherson region.

According to TASS, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at the hotel building at 05:30 in the morning, presumably from a HIMARS multiple launch rocket system (MLRS). The deputy head of the pro-Russian military-civilian administration (VGA) of the Kherson region, Kirill Stremousov, told the agency that Alexei Zhuravko, a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of the 5th and 6th convocations, was killed as a result of the shelling.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine hit the Play Hotel by Ribas in the center of Kherson, there were representatives of the media in it, according to message Telegram channel of the regional administration. They called the shelling "a terrorist act, the responsibility for which lies with the military-political leadership of Ukraine." Pro-Russian authorities in the region claim that the building was not used for military purposes. On the spot, the rubble is being cleared and the search for the injured is ongoing, the wounded were taken to medical facilities in Kherson.

On September 20, the Public Council of the Kherson region turned to the head of the CAA with a request to hold a referendum on the region's entry into Russia as soon as possible. On the same day, the dates for holding referendums in the territories of the Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics (LNR and DNR), Zaporozhye and Kherson regions were approved. They will be held from 23 to 27 September.



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