Ex-deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Alexey Zhuravko was killed during shelling of a hotel in Kherson

Information about this was confirmed by the deputy head of the military-civilian administration (CAA) of the Kherson region Kirill Stremousov in an interview with TASS.

“Yes, Zhuravko died, unfortunately. Just talked to him yesterday. I have no words. He was in a hotel, they hit right on it. Again, there are no military facilities there”, - Stremousov said (TASS quote).

Prior to this, Interfax reported similar information , citing sources in emergency services. According to the preliminary version, as a result of a rocket attack on a hotel in Kherson, two people were killed.

Debris is being cleared at the scene. The CAA of the Kherson region called the incident a planned terrorist attack.