- The Ministry of Defense requests counter-battery systems, more artillery, and long-range ammunition.

Fire in a Kherson apartment building.

Kyiv calls for more weapons to "punish" the "Russian murderers" and prevent tragedies like Kherson

The Ukrainian Defense Minister, Oleksei Reznikov, has called on the international community to strengthen the supply of weapons to Ukraine so that the Armed Forces can "punish" the "Russian murderers" and avoid tragedies like the one on Saturday in Jershon.

The person in charge of the Ukrainian Defense has once again insisted on his usual request to send arms and has asked this time for more counter-battery systems, more artillery, and long-range ammunition, reports UNIAN.

"The barbaric shelling of Kherson by Russian terrorists is not just another war crime, but also revenge for its residents, who resisted the occupation and proved to the whole world that Kherson is Ukraine," Reznikov lamented.

Finally, Reznikov recalled that the Convention on the Laws and Customs of War prohibits attacks on urban settlements, something that "the Russian occupiers do not care about." The Defense Minister has thus followed the line set by the president, Volodimir Zelenski, who has accused Moscow of killing "for pleasure".

The city of Kherson has been the scene this Saturday of an intense attack by Russia, as a result of which at least eight people have died and more than fifty have been injured, several of them seriously.

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