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Ukrainian forces conducted artillery strikes from the Kherson side across the Dnipro River, causing fires on Russian-held territory.

Kherson, Kherson
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Stefan Korshak (Substack) Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post Censor.NET

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Entities

Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Dnipro River (location) Russian military (organization) Special Operations Forces (military_unit) Russian forces (organization) Russia (organization) Russian occupiers (organization) Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant (location) Russian Armed Forces (organization) Oleksandr Prokudin (person) Beryslav (location) Kakhovka Dam (location) Kherson Oblast (location) Guided aerial bombs (weapon_system) MLRS (weapon_system) Russian army (military_unit) multiple launch rocket systems (weapon_system) Kherson (location) guided aerial bomb (weapon_system) Grad systems (weapon_system) UAVs (weapon_system) Aviation (organization) Beryslav District (location) Armed Forces of Ukraine (military_unit) Vladimir Omelyanovich (person) Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Station (location)

Source Reports

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian forces conducted artillery strikes from the Kherson side across the Dnipro River, causing fires on Russian-held territory.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Russian army shelled Kherson at night and in the morning with multiple-launch rocket systems, killing one and injuring one

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

At around 10:00, Russian army shelled the regional centre hitting one of the facilities

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

Prohibited incendiary munitions were used, leading to a large number of fires

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russian troops hit an enterprise in Kherson on June 5 using MLRS and incendiary ammunition, killing a 55-year-old security guard.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

A 47-year-old woman was injured in the attack and received medical help on the spot.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

The Kakhovka Dam was destroyed on June 5, 2023.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

The enemy launched an airstrike on Beryslav and conducted defensive operations in the Kherson direction.

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Extraction metadata

Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:31.398Z

Source story: day-470-2023-06-08