Ukraine shelling kills nine in occupied south - Local Official
Local official Konstantin Basyuk, who was supported by moscow, had previously announced that seven people had died and that two more individuals were "fighting for their lives" by the medical staff. He said that the local employment center and pension office were among the "citizen infrastructure in the Chaplynskiy district" that Kyiv had "attacked."
About 100 kilometers (62 miles) to the southeast of Kherson, the regional center under Ukrainian military control, is the town of Chaplynka. Although the Russian military withdrew from Kherson last year, moscow continues to hold much of the territory. According to his foreign minister, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the president of Ukraine, is weighing the "pros and cons" of having presidential elections in the spring of next year. This page is not being closed. Dmytro Kuleba, the president of Ukraine, stated during a briefing that "unprecedented" obstacles would arise from holding elections in the midst of the conflict with Russia.