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Russia strikes Ukraine's Kherson: Buildings, cars, infrastructure damaged, 14 injured

Russia strikes Ukraine's Kherson: Buildings, cars, infrastructure damaged, 14 injured Photo: the consequences of the Russian strikes on Kherson region became known (facebook.com/dsns)
Author: Liliana Oleniak

Over the past 24 hours, Russians have launched a series of attacks on the right bank of the Kherson region. Russian strikes damaged high-rise buildings, cars, and infrastructure, and 14 people were reported wounded, according to the National Police of Ukraine.

25 objects were damaged: 11 private houses, three apartment buildings, 2 dormitories, 5 cars, a gas pipeline, an educational institution, and a fire station building.

In Bilozerka, Russian troops attacked a fire station building with FPV drones. 3 rescuers were injured as a result of the Russian attacks. All were diagnosed with explosive injuries, closed head injuries, and contusions.

In Kherson, 3 apartment buildings were damaged by Russian artillery strikes. Russian troops also attacked Kherson's infrastructure facilities. Russian artillery shelling of the Korabel neighborhood damaged a gas pipeline.

5 victims of Russian drone attacks in the previous days also turned to medical institutions. These are women aged 24, 56, 71, and men aged 46 and 49. Doctors diagnosed them with contusions and mine-blast injuries.

Russian army strikes Kherson and region

Kherson is a coastal community and suffers from Russian attacks daily. On June 17, 12 people were hit by Russian drones in Kherson. All of them were injured and sent to the hospital.

In addition, on June 11, 2 civilians were injured in Kherson as a result of another Russian strike. As reported by the Kherson Military District Administration, at about 4 a.m. Kyiv time, Russian troops attacked the Shumenskyi district.

Also, on April 17, Russians attacked an ambulance in Kherson, and a medic and a driver were wounded as a result of the strike.