Ukraine war: Kyiv forces accused of killing two in Kherson hotel strike

Pro-Kremlin authorities have accused Ukrainian forces of killing two people, including a former MP, in a missile strike on a hotel in occupied Kherson.

Kirill Stremousov said in a statement that Ukrainian armed forces fired a missile on the Play Hotel by Ribas at 05:30 (03:30 BST) on Sunday.

The statement said that two people were killed in the attack according to "preliminary information".

The authorities said journalists from Russian media were in the hotel when the missile struck, news agency AFP reports.

Rescue workers were said to be combing the rubble in search of victims at the hotel, located in the centre of the southern Ukrainian city.

There have also been reports of armed Russian soldiers going door-to-door to collect votes.

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