Five injured in protest against Russian invasion in Ukraine's Nova Kakhovka

Russian forces have opened fire in a protest against the invasion of the southern Ukrainian town of Nova Kakhovka, wounding five people, Ukrainian news agency Interfax Ukraine said, citing eyewitnesses.

About two thousand people had taken to the streets of Nova Kakhovka to show their opposition to the invasion by waving Ukrainian flags and calling on Russian forces to leave, the agency reported.

Similar protests were organised in other occupied areas, according to the agency.