Russia strikes Ukraine's Kherson region: Child and police officers among wounded
Photo: A child and police officers were injured in Kherson region due to Russian strikes (Getty images)
Russian troops fired Kherson with artillery and drones. Seven people were injured in Kherson region as a result of Russian combined strikes, including a 17-year-old girl and four police officers, according to the National Police of Ukraine.
"At dawn, the Russians launched a combined artillery and drone attack on Zymivnyk. Russian strikes resulted in a direct hit on a private house. A 51-year-old man and his 17-year-old daughter were injured," the statement said.
Russia attacked Mykilske village with an FPV drone. A 47-year-old man was seriously wounded as a result of the Russian attack. He was hospitalized with a head injury, contusion, and a shrapnel wound to the face.
In the morning of July 19, police officers in the center of Kherson also came under Russian shelling. Four law enforcement officers sought medical assistance, and they were injured.
The police reported that the Russian shelling damaged one apartment building and ten private houses, a medical facility, seven cars, a cell tower, and critical infrastructure.
Russian strikes on Kherson and region
Russian troops continue to attack Kherson and the region, despite their flight from the region in the fall of 2022.
Recently, Russian strikes have been increasingly using attack drones and regularly shelling the regional center and liberated settlements with artillery and guided aerial bombs.
In the suburbs of Kherson, a Russian drone attacked a civilian car at night. 2 people were injured.
Also in the afternoon, the Russian army attacked rescuers who were responding to the aftermath of a previous shelling in Kherson.
On July 20, two civilians were injured as a result of a Russian drone strike.
