Kyiv: At least 10 people were killed and 55 injured on Saturday after Russian shells were fired in Kherson in southern Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky posted pictures of the wreckage on social media after returning from a brief visit to Washington.

He explained that the devastation occurred as Ukrainians were beginning their Christmas celebrations, which for many Orthodox Christians would end with the customary festivities on January 7.

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"This is not sensitive material, this is real life in Kherson," Zelensky tweeted. Images showed burning cars, dead people nearby and blown out windows.

The governor of the Kherson region, Yaroslav Yanushevich, announced on television that the death toll had increased from seven to ten as a result of the latest shelling of the city.

55 people were injured, he continued, 18 of whom are in critical condition. According to Yanushevich, a 6-year-old girl was among those injured in the Russian shelling.

Saturday will mark 10 months since the Russian invasion first began.

Since the beginning of October, Ukraine has been subjected to an intense barrage of Russian artillery fire, missiles, shelling and drone attacks, most of which target energy infrastructure in an attempt to disrupt electricity and heating services. Because bitter winter is coming.

Kherson has experienced particularly heavy shelling since Russian forces withdrew and Ukrainian forces took control of the city in November.

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The regional governor of Donetsk, Pavlo Kirilenko, reported two people killed and five injured in shelling there on Saturday. The deaths occurred in Kurakhov, a town of 20,000 people located 30 kilometers (18 mi) west of the city of Donetsk under Russian control.

According to Dnipropetrovsk regional governor, Valentin Reznichenko, about 60 shells hit three communities in the vicinity of Nikopol during the night.

According to Governor Oleksandr Starukh, Stepne, a community on the outskirts of Zaporizhia, was also shelled, but there were no reports of casualties.

After his trip to Washington, where he secured another $1.8 billion in military aid, Zelensky has now returned to Kyiv.

According to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, on Friday the war will end at the negotiating table following the objectives of the "special military operation".

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He noted "today's realities cannot be ignored" in reference to Moscow's demand that Ukraine accept Russia's sovereignty over the Crimean peninsula, which it annexed in 2014, as well as other territorial territories. Benefits, adding that there is no information on the Ukrainian peace plan. You can be successful without doing