[1/2] Ukrainian servicemen load a shell into a Partyzan small multiple rocket launch system before firing toward Russian troops at a position near a front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine July 13, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer/File photoJuly 16 (Reuters) - Three civilians were wounded in Russian shelling of a village in Zaporizhzhia, the head of Ukraine's presidential administration said on Saturday, while Moscow-backed officials said that Kyiv's forces shelled a school there. Russia also shelled the city of Zaporizhzhia, hitting and damaging at least 16 buildings there, Anatoliy Kurtiev, secretary of the city council said on the Telegram. Both sides deny targeting civilians in the nearly 17-month long war that Russia has been waging on its neighbour. Ukraine's top military command said that Russia is trying to stop Ukraine's advance there, shelling heavily the area.

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Persons: Stringer, Andriy Yermak, Yermak, Anatoliy Kurtiev, Vladimir Rogov, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Zelenskiy, Lidia Kelly, Diane Craft Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Zaporizhzhia region, Zaporizhzhia, Moscow, Stepnohirske, Russia, Russian, Stulneve, Tokmak, Melbourne