Ukraine says Russian troops hit Kherson maternity ward

The head of the Kherson regional military administration, Yaroslav Yanushevych has said that a maternity ward in the city of Kherson has been hit by Russian shelling.

"A perinatal centre in Kherson caught fire due to the explosion of a shell fired by the enemy. A powerful blast wave smashed windows in the children's ward and damaged one of the doctors' offices," Yanushevych said on Telegram on January 11.

"Currently, specialists are eliminating the consequences of the vile attack of the occupiers against women with babies and doctors," the official wrote and added that tentatively no one was reported injured.