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1 Dead, 8 Wounded In Russian Shelling Of Ukrainian Regions


Russian shelling in Kostyantynivka left three people wounded, a local official said. (file photo)
Russian shelling in Kostyantynivka left three people wounded, a local official said. (file photo)

Russian shelling killed one civilian and wounded eight in several Ukrainian regions, officials reported early on May 7. One man was killed in Petrivka in the Donetsk region, local administration head Vadym Filashkin said on Telegram, adding that four people were wounded in Kostyantynivka. Kharkiv Governor Oleh Synyehubov said three people -- including a 16-year-old girl -- were wounded when a guided aerial bomb struck the village of Borova in the Izyum district. Kherson Governor Oleksandr Prokudin reported one wounded in his region while in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Russian troops shelled the city of Nikopol four times overnight, damaging a gas pipeline, according to regional head Serhiy Lysak. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, click here.

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