Dec. 16, 2024, 9:01 a.m.

Artillery and aircraft: Russians wound two people in Kherson region

(Photo: Kherson regional police)

Yesterday, on December 15, the Russian military shelled residential areas of Kherson region with artillery and aircraft. Two people were wounded.

According to Oleksandr Prokudin, the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, the Russian military shelled critical infrastructure and residential areas of the region's settlements. The occupants also vandalized a bus. Antonivka, Bilozerka, Stanislav, Shyroka Balka, Tomina Balka, Kachkarivka, Sadove, Komyshany, Prydniprovske, Olgivka, Zmiivka, Kizomys, Tomaryne, Monastyrske, Burgunka, Odradokamyanka, Chornobaivka, Mykhailivka, Poniativka, Novoraysk, Velytenske, Lvov, Dudchany, Vesele, Kozatske and the city of Kherson came under enemy fire and air strikes.

<span>In </span>Bilozerka<span>, a local resident was injured in a Russian attack. The 49-year-old man sustained concussion, blast and brain injuries.</span><span>At about 10:30 p.m., Russians attacked the central district of <b>Kherson</b> with a drone. </span>Due to the explosives dropped from the UAV, the 55-year-old man sustained an explosive injury, contusion, bruised chest and shrapnel wounds to his arm. The victim is currently in hospital.

Kherson and the region are shelled daily by the Russian invaders. On December 14, 38 settlements of the region were under enemy fire and air strikes by the Russian army. The Russian military again hit social infrastructure and residential areas. Five residents of the region were injured.

Prior to that, the Russian military shelled the Dniprovsky district of Kherson with artillery. A 75-year-old woman was killed when a shell hit a private house. In addition, the enemy opened fire on the village of Bilozerka, Kherson district. A 44-year-old man was killed and two men aged 45 and 48 were wounded as a result of the shelling. The invaders also cut off electricity to two communities.

Earlier, the Russian military attacked public transportation in Dniprovsky district with a UAV. As a result, three people were killed and wounded. Prior to that, the invaders dropped a munition on a civilian car from a drone in the Dniprovsky district of Kherson, killing a woman.

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