Kyiv strikes Russian-held area in southern Ukraine in rocket attack

A Ukrainian serviceman stands on a tank loaded at a military truck, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in the Donbas region, Ukraine July 12, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine launched long-range rocket attacks on Russian forces in southern Ukraine and destroyed an ammunition store, its military said, as Russia continued to pound the country's east.

The strike on Nova Kakhovka in the Kherson region killed 52 people, Ukraine's military said on Tuesday. The town's Russia-installed authorities said that at least seven people had been killed and around 70 injured, Russia's TASS news agency reported.