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At least five people have been killed and 11 others injured in Russian attacks on Ukraine, authorities said.
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authorities → kill → Ukraine
A Russian drone attack on a bus in the front-line city of Kherson killed at least four people and wounded four others on Wednesday, Kherson regional Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said.
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Prokudin → kill → Wednesday
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drones → kill → Moscow
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The attack took place at about 8:50am local time (05:50 GMT), and all the casualties were bus passengers.
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casualties → oust → time
In a post on the Telegram app, Prokudin said the wounded had been taken to hospital.
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wounded → say → hospital
He posted blurred photos of a yellow bus with bloodied steps and shattered windows.
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He → post → steps
Russian forces regularly strike Kherson, which was under Moscow’s control from March to November 2022 – the initial months of the war – with drones, in what Ukraine says is the deliberate targeting of civilians.
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Ukraine → strike → civilians
Earlier this month, Ukraine accused Russia of chasing a man in a street market in Kherson with a remotely piloted FPV drone, calling it a “safari” targeting civilians.
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Ukraine → accuse → civilians
The city had a population of about 280,000 before the war began with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
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war → have → February
Russian forces, repelled from the city by a Ukrainian counteroffensive in the last quarter of 2022, are now positioned on the opposite bank of the Dnipro River, which flows past Kherson.
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which → repel → Kherson
There has been an uptick in civilian deaths in the conflict throughout this year, the United Nations has reported, with 437 civilians killed in Ukraine last month alone, the highest monthly toll since May 2022.
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civilians → report → May
Russian authorities reported 79 civilians killed in Ukrainian attacks in July, up from the previous month.
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authorities → report → month
The four-and-a-half-year war continues to grind on, as United States-backed talks aimed at ending the conflict remain stalled.
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talks → continue → conflict
In a separate Russian attack, one person was killed and seven others injured in Ukraine’s southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, according to regional Governor Ivan Fedorov.
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others → kill → Fedorov
Russian drones struck the regional capital, damaging both residential and nonresidential buildings and causing a fire.
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drones → strike → fire
Meanwhile, Russian forces struck a cargo vessel in the Black Sea near the Ukrainian port of Odesa, Russian news agency Interfax reported, citing the Ministry of Defence.
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Interfax → strike → Defence
The vessel was carrying military cargo, the ministry said.
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ministry → carry → cargo
It said Russia’s air defence brought down 453 Ukrainian drones overnight in various regions.
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defence → say → regions
At the same time, Russian authorities were rushing to put out a small fire after a drone fell in an industrial area in the city of Ufa in the Russian republic of Bashkortostan, the republic’s head Radiy Khabirov said on Telegram.
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head → rush → Telegram
Khabirov added that a drone hit an apartment building and a few cars in Ufa, an oil refining hub, injuring one person.
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drone → add → person