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At least eight dead and many injured left a shelling in the center of Kherson, in southern Ukraine, which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced on Saturday as an

act of Russian "terror" to "intimidate" Ukrainians.

The number of injured by the bombardment this morning varies between at least 17, according to the Efe and Afp agencies, and reached 58, according to Ap, at the time of writing this information.

"In the morning, on Saturday, Christmas Eve, in the center of the city. They are not military installations. It is not a war according to defined rules. It is terror, it is killing to intimidate and (take) pleasure," he criticized. on social networks.

President

Zelensky

, fresh from his whirlwind trip to Washington,

posted photos of the wreckage on his social media accounts.

He noted that the destruction occurred as

Ukrainians began Christmas celebrations

that for many Orthodox Christians will culminate in the traditional holiday of January 7.

The deputy head of the presidential administration, Kirilo Timoshenko, announced at first that the attack left

"at least five dead and 20 wounded."

"The world must see and understand what absolute evil we are fighting against," Zelensky lamented, once again calling the Russian army "terrorist."

"This is the true life of Ukraine and Ukrainians" since

ten months of war

, the Ukrainian president said, accompanying his message with photographs showing the extent of the damage.

An AFP team at the scene heard a series of shelling that

hit the central market and nearby streets

, and then saw the body of at least one person dead in their vehicle.

Near the market, a man was seriously injured in the head and his car was destroyed by the explosion.

Other injured people were nearby.

There were flames in the market, a place frequented on Saturday morning and located in the heart of Kherson, a city that the Ukrainian army recaptured in November, in the middle of a successful counteroffensive, after eight months of Russian occupation.

The city has been the target of Russian attacks in recent weeks, especially on its energy facilities.

According to the Afp team, in the middle of the day the bombardments could still be heard.

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