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Russia blames Ukraine for casualties in occupied Kherson

Rescuers work at a residential building damaged by a Russian military raid in the town of Chasiv Yar [Gleb Garanich/Reuters]

At least seven people have been killed and dozens more wounded in an attack by Ukrainian armed forces in the Russian-held town of Nova Kakhovka in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region, according to Russian-backed officials.

Russian state news agency TASS said Monday’s attack caused an explosion at fertiliser warehouses that damaged surrounding buildings. Ukrainian officials said their forces had destroyed an ammunition depot in Nova Kakhovka. Serhiy Bratchuk, an Odesa administration spokesman, wrote on his Telegram channel that Nova Kakhovka was now “minus” its ammunition warehouse.

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