Ukraine rains down barrage of Himars missiles on meeting of pro-Kremlin officials in Russian-occupied city

 

Ukraine fired a barrage of missiles at Russia's headquarters in Kherson yesterday during a meeting of senior officials loyal to the Kremlin.

Ukraine launched a major offensive to regain territory in the south, including Kherson - the only large city captured by Russian forces in the first few days of the war.

The stunning Ukrainian counterattack surprised Putin's invaders and sent thousands of terrified Russian soldiers to flee for their lives.

Shocking footage on Friday showed smoke rising from the roof of the Russian-occupied administration building in the city after the Ukrainian missile attack.

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Backed separatists in the city said Ukrainian forces bombed government buildings, killing at least three people and wounding 13 others.

Officials loyal to the Kremlin reportedly gathered in the building, which served as the main headquarters for the Russian occupiers in the area.

Kirill Strimosov, Russia's inaugurated deputy leader of Kherson, said the Ukrainian missile attack directly hit his office, with five HIMARs missiles hitting the area, The Telegraph reported.

Ekaterina Gubareva, deputy head of the Russian-controlled city council in Kherson, was also arrested in the explosion.

She wrote in Telegram: “There was smoke and a ringing in my ears.

I came when someone pulled me up.

"A young man pulled me out of the rubble. I'm alive, and I'm back at work. We're counting our employees."

It is not clear if any officials loyal to the Kremlin were killed in the attack.

Kherson, a city of strategic importance, is considered the ultimate target of the Ukrainian counter-attack.

Ukraine's blunder attack that liberated thousands of square miles of Russian occupation left both sides asking whether the blitzkrieg could be the turning point in the war.

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According to government estimates, Russia lost an estimated 80,000 soldiers who were killed, captured, wounded, or deserted.

This comes as four top Putin officials were killed in occupied Ukraine in explosions in the latest blow to the Russian tyrant.

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An official who was organizing a mock referendum on joining Russia was murdered with her husband.

Lyudmila Boyko headed the election commission in the Zaporizhzhya region, and was preparing to keep pace with the Kremlin's plans for a poll.

She died with her husband Oleg Boyko, 46 ​​years old,

who was also a senior local official and were murdered near their garage.

Hours earlier, the 40-year-old Prosecutor of the so-called Luhansk People's Republic, Sergei Gorink, was killed in an explosion in his office along with his deputy, 44-year-old Yekaterina Stiglinko.