Ukraine says Russia strike kills at least 10; Moscow blames pro-Kyiv forces

A Russian strike on Ukraine's recently recaptured city of Kherson killed at least 10 people, wounded 58 and left bloodied corpses on the road, authorities said, in what Kyiv condemned as wanton killing for pleasure, Qazet.az reports.

A pro-Moscow official responded by saying Ukrainian forces had launched the attack in a bid to blame the Russian military.

Fresh from a trip to the United States seeking weapons to resist the 10-month-old Russian invasion, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy published photos showing streets strewn with burning cars, smashed windows and bodies.

"Social networks will most likely mark these photos as 'sensitive content'. But this is not sensitive content – it is the real life of Ukraine and Ukrainians," he wrote.

"These are not military facilities. ... It is terror, it is killing for the sake of intimidation and pleasure."

Russia controls most but not all of Kherson region. Local Governor Yaroslav Yanushevych, appointed by Kyiv, told national television the death toll had risen to 10, Interfax Ukraine news agency said.