Raid on Russian copters at airport says Italian in Kherson

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 16 - Giovanni Bruno, an Italian trapped in the southern Ukrainian port city of Kherson, told ANSA Wednesday that Ukrainian raids had hit the airport there where there Russian helicopters.
    "We spent the whole night without sleeping, terrorized by the bombing," he said.
    Kyiv has said there have been counter-offensives against Russian forces in "various operational areas".
    Bruno said he did not know when he and his companions would be able to leave.
    He said the foreign ministry in Rome had said they were working on it, "but evacuations won't be able to be organized until there are guarantees from both sides." Bruno said he was trapped with his Ukrainian wife and their 22-month-old daughter. (ANSA).