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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Hanna Arhirova

Ukrainian officials say Russian shelling killed a 91-year-old woman in a 'terrifying night'

Ukrainian Emergency Service

Russian shells struck residential areas of Ukraine’s southern Kherson region, killing a 91-year-old woman in what a local official described Monday as a “terrifying night” in the 20-month war that shows no signs of ending.

The overnight shelling set fire to a high-rise apartment building, blew out windows and reduced some apartments to rubble, according to video footage posted by Kherson Gov. Oleksandr Prokudin.

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