Ukraine war: Three-week-old baby and family among seven killed in Russian shelling

A babe aged conscionable 23 days, her 12-year-old member and their parents were among 7 radical killed by Russian shells successful confederate Ukraine connected Sunday.

Bombs deed their household location successful the colony of Shyroka Balka successful Kherson, Interior Minister Igor Klymenko said.

The dormant besides included different colony nonmigratory and 2 men successful the neighbouring Stanislav.

"Terrorists indispensable beryllium stopped. They indispensable beryllium stopped by force," said Mr Klymenko. "They don't recognize thing else."

The curate shared photographs of the aftermath of the onslaught connected Shyroka Balka, showing achromatic columns of fume rising from buildings, and the digitally obscured bodies of immoderate of the dead.

Kherson was 1 of 4 regions successful Ukraine that Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed to person annexed past year.

Ukraine's subject reclaimed the occidental portion of the portion past November but Russian troops person continued to ammunition the country from crossed the Dnipro river.

The shelling came a time aft Russia accused Ukraine of "terrorism" for what it said was an attempted rocket strike connected the Kerch Bridge linking mainland Russia with the Crimean peninsula.

Ukraine has not confirmed the attack, though President Volodymr Zelensky has said the span is utilized arsenic a subject proviso way and is simply a morganatic target.

In different development, Moscow said it had fired informing shots astatine a cargo vessel successful the southwestern Black Sea arsenic it made its mode to the Ukrainian larboard of Izmail.

It is the archetypal clip Russia has fired connected merchant shipping beyond Ukraine since exiting a landmark UN-brokered atom woody past month.

Russia said successful a connection that its Vasily Bykov patrol vessel had fired automatic weapons connected the Palau-flagged Sukru Okan vas aft the ship's skipper failed to respond to a petition to halt for an inspection.

"After the inspection radical completed its enactment connected board, the Sukru Okan continued connected its mode to the larboard of Izmail," the defence ministry said.

Meanwhile, an adjutant to the exiled Ukrainian politician of Mariupol reported that respective Ukrainian civilians were killed arsenic Russian soldiers fought among themselves connected Sunday.

Two teenage girls, 4 young men and a pistillate were among the dormant successful the "shoot-out" successful the colony of Urzuf, Petro Andryshchenko said successful a Telegram post.

He said the weapon conflict followed an statement betwixt Chechen soldiers and unit from the section commandant's office.