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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Tom Balmforth and Pavel Polityuk

Ukrainian rockets hit Russian-held area as Kyiv readies southern counter-attack

Ukrainian military paramedic attends resident Nina Trofimenko, 86, who was wounded during shelling near the frontline, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the Donbas region, Ukraine July 12, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Ukraine said on Tuesday it had carried out a long-range rocket strike against Russian forces and military equipment in southern Ukraine, territory it says it is planning to retake in a counter-offensive using hundreds of thousands of troops.

The strike hit an ammunition dump in the town of Nova Kakhovka in the Kherson region and killed 52 people, Ukraine's military said. It came after Washington supplied Ukraine with advanced HIMARS mobile artillery systems which Kyiv says its forces are using with growing efficiency.

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