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An explosion occurred at a police station in Odesa Oblast on March 23
A woman has died as a result of the explosion and three other police officers were injured in the incident
Ukraine's State Security Service (SBU) said
The injured victims were hospitalized with their injuries varying
The SBU said that it was investigating the incident as an act of terror
According to a source that spoke to local Odesa publication Dumska
an unknown individual allegedly brought a package with an improvised explosive device to the police department in the city of Bilyaivka
The Kyiv Independent cannot verify the reported claims
Additional details are still being confirmed and will be released as they become available
Police and security forces are working at the scene
While the cause of the explosion is yet to be formally established, Odesa Oblast has been subject to repeated Russian attacks in recent days
On March 21, a massive Russian drone attack on Odesa Oblast injured three people
The day prior, Russia hit Odesa with drones while Czech President Petr Pavel was visiting the city
Odesa Oblast is situated in southwestern Ukraine
and has been a frequent target of Russian drone and missile attacks throughout the full-scale war
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Russian forces may have withdrawn from war-torn villages in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region
but their streets still bear the scars of war
with damaged infrastructure and houses clearly in evidence
Images and footage taken by Anadolu Agency in the villages of Bilyaivka
Kniazevka and the town of Vysokopillya show heavy damage to the houses and infrastructure in the region after the clashes
Although the region was captured by Russian troops in the early days of the war
it was recently reclaimed by Ukrainian forces
Almost all of the settlements were partially or completely evacuated due to the close combat between Ukrainian and Russian forces
Moscow on Wednesday ordered the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine’s southern port city of Kherson to the east bank of the Dnieper River
Images show roads leading to the villages also suffered major damage during months of fighting
For nearly seven months since the start of the war
electricity and water services could not be provided to most settlements that remained under the control of Russian forces
and other armored vehicles on roads leading to devastated villages and towns
a local who did not leave her home in the village of Bilyaivka and spent most of her time with her husband in the shelter
said: "We stayed at home with only my husband
We were also in the village during the occupation."
where about 400 lived before the start of the war."
The situation was very grave during the seven-month occupation
adding: "They (Russians) arrived here on April 5
Ukrainians (the Ukrainian army) entered here on Oct 3."
Refusing to abandon their home as fighting raged on around them
also said: "We don't even know how we survived
was also nearly destroyed due to the pitched battles that have been going on for months
Civilians who had to leave their homes during the war now are trying to return to their villages to see what has become of the places they once lived in