Ukraine's Kherson hit by strikes 'more than 16 times' on Thursday: Zelensky

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visits the Memory Wall of Fallen Defenders of Ukraine, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, during marking the Defender of Ukraine Day in Kyiv, Ukraine October 14, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS
Russian forces bombarded the Ukrainian city of Kherson with more than 16 strikes on Thursday, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
"Since the beginning of this day alone, Russia has bombed Kherson more than 16 times, only in one day!" the Ukrainian president said in his daily address on social media, adding there had also been "brutal Russian attacks" in the Donbas and the Kharkiv regions of the war-torn country.