adminClaim and counter-claim have followed a Ukrainian rocket attack on a city in the occupied Kherson region of southern Ukraine, apparently involving US-supplied missiles.
Ukraine’s military said it had destroyed a Russian ammunition depot in the city of Nova Kakhovka, killing dozens of soldiers.
However, Russian occupation officials say homes and warehouses storing fertiliser were hit, leaving five dead and up to 80 wounded.
It was not possible to verify the extent of damage or casualties.
Reports from both sides indicate a US-made Himars rocket system was used in the attack.
Unconfirmed footage of several powerful explosions was shared on social media.
Elsewhere in southern Ukraine, the city of Mykolaiv has been hit by what residents say is the worst Russian shelling they can remember.
BBC correspondent Sarah Rainsford said windows had been blown out in the main hospital building in the city, as well as nearby flats.
Our correspondent says there is evidence that cluster munitions were used.
Officials said a school and homes were also hit, while at least four people were injured.
The region’s governor, Vitaliy Kim, accused Russia of carrying out the strikes in revenge for attacks on Russian ammunition depots and for commanders who he said had been killed by Ukrainian forces.
In another development, 45 people, including one child, are now known to have died after Russian rockets struck an apartment block in Chasiv Yar, a town in eastern Ukraine, on Saturday night.
The attack was one of the deadliest so far in the war.
Russia to get Iranian combat drones?
IMAGE SOURCE,IRANIAN ARMY/GETTY IMAGESIran plans to supply Russia with potentially hundreds of drones for its war in Ukraine, some with combat capabilities, a US official has said.
White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said information the US had suggested Iran was preparing to train Russian forces to use the drones.
He added that it was unclear whether Iran had delivered them yet.
Iran said technological co-operation with Russia preceded the war, without confirming or denying the US claim.
Drones have played an integral part in the war for both Ukraine and Russia.
Just last week, Ukraine appealed for donations of thousands of drones to aid its war efforts.
Both sides are using them to spot the enemy’s positions and then help direct and correct their own artillery fire on a target.
