Russia Launches Indiscriminate Shelling Even on Christmas Eve... "Dozens of Casualties"

A citizen is passing by the destroyed buildings in the village of Novakahovka, Kherson, eastern Ukraine, on October 30 (local time). Photo by Yonhap News Agency

[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Hyewon] On the night of Christmas Eve, the 24th (local time), Russia indiscriminately shelled the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, killing at least 10 people and injuring more than 50.

According to foreign media including the AP and The New York Times on the 24th (local time), an airstrike occurred in the center of Kherson in southern Ukraine that morning, killing at least 10 and injuring 58.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who returned from a visit to Washington, posted photos on his social media (SNS) account of burning vehicles, bodies on the streets, and destroyed buildings in Kherson, stating, "This is the real life in Kherson."

President Zelensky described it as "(Russia's) terrorist act that took place in the city center on Christmas Eve," adding, "The whole world must clearly see what absolute evil we are fighting against."

Kherson is a strategic key point connecting the Crimean Peninsula and the eastern Donbas region controlled by pro-Russian separatists by land. Ukraine recaptured this area from Russia, which it had lost shortly after the outbreak of the war, in early last month. Since then, foreign media reported that Russia has been shelling major infrastructure in Kherson daily.

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