Ukraine recaptures village in counteroffensive as Russian forces fire on civilians fleeing flood
Ukraine's military has reported recapturing a south-eastern village as Russian forces claimed to repel multiple attacks in the area, while a regional official said three people were killed when Moscow's troops opened fire at a boat evacuating people.
The battlefield showdown in the southeast and chaotic scenes from inundated southern Ukraine marked the latest upheaval and bloodshed in Russia's war in Ukraine, now in its 16th month.
Oleksandr Prokudin, governor of the Kherson region, said on his Telegram account that a 74-year-old man who tried to protect a woman was among those who died in the attack on evacuees, which wounded another 10.
An Associated Press team on site saw three ambulances drop off injured evacuees at a hospital, one of whom was splattered with blood and...