AMMAN— Russian authorities in the southern Kherson
region said Friday that Ukrainian forces killed four people when they shelled
the
Antonivskiy bridge over the
Dnipro river used for evacuations, AFP
reported, according to a local media outlet.
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"Four
people were killed,"
Moscow official Kirill Stremousov said on Telegram.
"The city of Kherson, like a fortress, is preparing for its defense."
A
Ukrainian military spokeswoman Nataliya Gumenyuk denied Kyiv's forces had
killed civilians.
"We
do not hit critical infrastructure. We do not hit peaceful settlements or the
local population," Gumenyuk said in televised comments on Friday.
Russia
forces have urged civilians to cross to the left bank of the Dnipro river in
the face of a Ukrainian counter-offensive in what Kyiv has branded as
"deportations" of Ukrainian citizens.
The
Russian-backed administration of Kherson overnight said Kyiv fired "12
HIMARS rockets at a civilian crossing near the Antonivsky bridge."
Russian
state television aired footage of a damaged car and traffic waiting to cross
the river.
On
Thursday, Stremousov said 15,000 people had crossed the river in evacuations
organized by the Moscow-backed forces.
He
insisted that Russia will not give up Kherson.
"
Kherson will hold on until the last (man), believe me, nobody is intending to give up
the city."
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