Nine Ukrainiansof these, four children were injured today as a result of Russian shelling of the city of Voznesenka, located near the village of. nuclear power plant in the Mikolaifsky district, said the governor of the region Vitaly Kim.

Between the ages of 3 and 17, “all children are in critical condition,” Kim wrote on the Telegram platform, adding that one girl lost an eye in the attack.

Voznesensk is located almost 20 km in a straight line from the Ukrainian nuclear power plant in Pridneukrainsk and almost 70 km from Nikolaev.

The impact hit a residential building and several houses in Voznesensk, where about 30,000 people live, the State Emergency Service reports on its Facebook page, posting photos of the damaged building.

Mykolaiv Oblast, which is regularly under heavy Russian shelling, borders Kherson Oblast, which has been almost completely held by Russian forces since Moscow launched its offensive into Ukraine in late February.

“Voznesensk. A country of terrorism called Russia struck a residential building,” Andriy Germak, head of the presidential administration of Ukraine, complained to Telegram.

“Our task is to ensure that not only the current generation of Russians, but also their children and grandchildren, are held accountable. Russia will pay for everything,” he added.

The Ukrainian military also reported this morning on Telegram that they shot down four Russian Kalibr cruise missiles near the city of Dnipro (centre-east) using the S-300 anti-aircraft system, which were launched from the Black Sea.

The exiled mayor of Melitopol, a city in the Russian-occupied Kherson region, Ivan Fedorov reported on Telegram this morning that Ukrainians had bombed a Russian military base in the occupied city.

On the ground, the Ukrainian military reported attempts by Russian attacks, mainly in the Donetsk region, in the areas of Bakmut, Zaitsevo and Kondema. “Fighting continues,” the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in a statement.

^{Source: APE-MEB, AFP.}