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| FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian servicemen ride a tank near a frontline |
Ukrainian forces hit two military checkpoints and a landing pad on Thursday in the second strike this week on a Russian-held area in southern Ukraine, Ukrainian officials said.
The new attack on Nova Kakhovka in the Kherson region killed 13 โoccupiersโ, Serhiy Bratchuk, spokesperson for the Odesa regional administration, quoted the Operational Command South as saying. He cited no evidence for the death toll.
Russiaโs defence ministry did not immediately comment.
Ukraineโs military said on Tuesday that an attack by its forces on Nova Kakhovka had killed 52 people. The townโs Russia-installed authorities said at least seven people were killed in that attack, Russiaโs TASS news agency reported.
Reuters could not independently verify the battlefield accounts.
