Russian plane fires at convoy with civilians in Kherson Oblast, killing 5 people
ROMAN PETRENKO — SUNDAY, 9 OCTOBER 2022, 12:13
On 7 October, at about 8:00, Russian combat aircraft opened fire at a convoy of civilian cars in Kherson Oblast.
Source: Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets; Press Officer of the Kherson region police, Andrii Kovanyi, in comments for Suspilne [Ukraine’s public broadcaster]
Quote by Lubinets: "It was announced that on 7 October, at about 08:00, the Russian military fired from a plane at a convoy of civilians in Kherson Oblast.
People were waiting in line for a pontoon crossing to the left bank of Dnipro near the Dariivskyi bridge."
Quote from Kovanyi: "According to eyewitnesses, people heard the sound of the aircraft in the air and saw it make a U-turn and fire projectiles
As a result of the shelling, an unidentified projectile, probably a rocket, directly hit a minibus, where at least five people were killed and five were injured."
Details: Information on the number of dead and wounded is still being established.
Background:
- On 30 September, at about 7:30, the invaders fired on a humanitarian convoy of civilians in Zaporizhzhia.
- On 25 September, the Russians fired at another convoy near the village of Kurylivka Kharkiv Oblast; 24 people were killed, including a pregnant woman and 13 children.
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