A Russian official accused the Ukrainian army of having sent new drones after the first wave of the attack for “Complete the survivors” to Olechky, a city under the control of Putin’s troops, in the Kherson region.
A strike of Ukrainian drones killed at least seven people on Thursday and was more than 20 injured in the city under Russian control of Olechky, in the Kherson region located in southern Ukraine, said a local Russian official. “Around 9:30 am, in Olechky, in the central market area, Ukrainian soldiers led a massive strike of drones (…) to civilians. Many people were at the market at the time of the attack ”said on Telegram Vladimir Saldo, the regional leader appointed by Moscow. “According to preliminary data, there are at least seven dead and more than 20 injured”he added.
In a separate message, still on Telegram, he accused the Ukrainian army of having sent new drones after the first wave of the attack for “Complete the survivors” On site. He published an alleged video of the attacks of the attack, filmed from the air and not authenticated, showing scrolls of smoke escaping from small buildings.
A city located on the shore of the Dnipro
The city of Olechky, which had around 20,000 inhabitants before the Russian -scale Russian offensive in Ukraine launched in 2022, is on the eastern bank of the Dnipro river, which is occupied in this sector by Moscow. It is located a few kilometers east of Kherson, the regional capital, which had also been won over by Moscow before being taken over in the fall of 2022 by the Ukrainian army.
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The Dnipro river marks in this area the front line and drone attacks, on both sides, are constant and very regularly make civilian victims.
