Russian forces extended their wave of weekend bombardments into Saturday afternoon, May 16, launching a deadly artillery barrage into the heart of Kherson and striking an industrial facility in Kryvyi Rih with a cruise missile. The midday strikes follow an expansive overnight campaign that saw Ukrainian air defenses struggle against a massive package of nearly 300 combat and decoy drones.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. Deadly midday barrage in Kherson The Kherson Regional Procuracy (Prosecutor’s Office) confirmed that Russian artillery pieces staged on the occupied east bank of the Dnipro River opened fire on the central residential and commercial sectors of the regional capital at approximately 11:45 a.m. local time. The heavy shelling caught civilians completely exposed in the open. One unidentified man was killed instantly by shrapnel. Two other passersby – a man and a woman – sustained shrapnel injuries of varying severity and were evacuated by medics to a local hospital. In response to the attack, the SBU and National Police launched a formal pre-trial criminal investigation under Part 2, Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, documenting the strike as a violation of the laws and customs of war combined with premeditated murder. This fatal artillery strike followed an earlier morning incident in Kherson’s Central district, where a Russian FPV drone directly targeted a commuter minibus, leaving its 60-year-old driver hospitalized with a severe concussion and blast injuries.
Midday Strikes: One Dead in Heavy Kherson Shelling as Russian Missiles Slam into Kryvyi Rih
A targeted Russian artillery bombardment struck central Kherson, killing one civilian and wounding two others, while a concurrent missile strike hit industrial infrastructure in Kryvyi Rih.
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