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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor

Eight killed as Kherson supermarket struck during Russian bombing wave

Medics load a wounded person into an ambulance
Medics load a wounded person into an ambulance on Wednesday after a supermarket in Kherson, Ukraine, was hit in a Russian strike. Photograph: Dina Pletenchuk/AFP/Getty

Russia has launched a wave of missile and drone attacks on Ukraine, killing 16 as Moscow tested the strength of the country’s air defences in intensified fighting, including eight people after hitting a supermarket in the southern city of Kherson.

The strikes early on Wednesday, the latest in a string of attacks over the last week, come after leaked Pentagon documents suggested Ukraine would run out of missiles for its S-300 primary air defence system on Tuesday unless Kyiv could urgently find replacements.

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