9 Killed In Ukrainian Shelling In Russian Occupied Part Of Kherson

The town of Chaplynka lies around 100 kilometres (62 miles) south-east of Kherson, the regional capital controlled by Ukrainian forces.

Ukrainian shelling of the Russian-occupied part of the southern Kherson region killed nine people Friday, the Moscow-installed occupational authorities said.

The strikes came as Kyiv is pushing a counteroffensive to retake territory from Moscow's forces, focused on the south of the country. 

"Nine dead people were pulled out from under the rubble," Vladimir Saldo, the Russian-installed head of the Moscow-occupied Kherson region, told Russian state television.