Three civilians killed in 75 enemy attacks on Kherson region on Feb 19

The Russian army shelled the Kherson region 75 times on February 19, killing three people and wounding eight others, including three children.

Kherson Regional Military Administration said this in a post on the Telegram messaging app, Ukrinform reports.

"Yesterday, due to Russian aggression in the Kherson region, three people were killed and eight people sustained injuries of different degrees of severity. Three children were injured by Russian shelling: 8- and 13-year-old boys, as well as a 10-year-old girl," the report said.

According to the regional military administration, on February 19, Russian aggressors shelled peaceful settlements in the Kherson region 75 times. They used MLRS, mortars, artillery, tanks and UAVs. The Russian army shelled Kherson city nine times. Enemy shells hit residential buildings.

Volodymyr Lytvynov, head of Beryslav District Military Administration, in turn, wrote on Telegram the Russian army did not stop striking the settlements of the Beryslav district. In the past day, the enemy shelled the territorial communities of Beryslav, Novooleksandrivka and Tiahynka. The city of Beryslav and the villages of Novoberyslav, Zmiivka, Mykhailivka, Tiahynka, Lvove, Burhunka and Odradokamianka came under enemy fire.

Enemy shelling damaged residential buildings and outbuildings.

In the village of Burhunka, three people were killed and five were injured, among them three children.