Four people were killed and five injured as a result of the shelling of Kherson by the Russian occupiers on Tuesday, head of Kherson Regional Military Administration Oleksandr Prokudin said.

"In Kherson region, enemy shelling does not stop during the day. Unfortunately, there are victims. As of this hour, four people have been killed, five injured," Prokudin wrote on the Telegram channel.

He illustrated the message with a video recording of the destruction caused by the shelling.

Earlier it was reported about two dead and one injured as a result of the morning shelling of the city. In addition, houses, power lines, gas pipelines, heating systems, and vehicles were damaged in Kherson and the surrounding area. A pretrial investigation has been launched in criminal proceedings on the fact of violation of the laws of war connected with premeditated murder (Part 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).