Zelenskiy says deadly village missile attack was ‘no blind strike’ – as it happened

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Two people were killed in Russian shelling of the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, the head of the Ukrainian president's office said on Thursday.

Andriy Yermak, the president's chief of staff, said on Telegram that one of the dead was a utility worker who trimmed trees.