Hostile drones attack hospital, shops and transport in Kherson

The Russian army continues to terrorize the right bank of the Kherson region with artillery, MLRS and UAVs, damaging residential buildings, hospitals and transport. Over the past day, dozens of settlements were damaged by the attacks, and police officers and civilians were injured.

This was reported by the communication department of the Kherson regional police.

The Russian army continues to terrorize the de-occupied right bank of Kherson region, shelling Beryslav and Kherson districts, the regional center and suburbs with artillery, multiple launch rocket systems and various types of UAVs.

The shelling damaged 29 objects: 18 private houses, a hospital, an administrative building, critical infrastructure, three police cars, two civilian cars, a trolleybus and a shop. Artillery hit five private houses in Blahovishchenske and Bilozerka and another in Komyshany.

Consequences of the attack in Kherson. PHOTO: npu.gov.ua

The enemy continues to use prohibited tactics of remote mining of residential areas in the Dniprovsky district of Kherson. At night and in the morning, two ambulances on their way to a call exploded on "petal" mines; only the wheels were damaged, the medics were not injured. A 49-year-old police officer suffered a traumatic amputation of his foot during the demining of this area.

A 49-year-old man was also injured in a UAV attack. Enemy drones also attacked a trolleybus, a shop and a civilian car. The windows and a wheel of the passenger vehicle were damaged, and the 66-year-old driver was injured, suffering mine-blast trauma and shrapnel wounds to his back and hip.

The Russian army continues to shell residential areas of the city with artillery and MLRS, damaging a hospital and five private houses. In Tsentralnyi district, an FPV drone damaged an administrative building and three police vehicles; a second attack further destroyed vehicles. In Korabelnyi district, two private houses were hit by shelling.

The aftermath of the attack in Kherson. PHOTO: npu.gov.ua

Over the past day, the police received 319 statements and reports of criminal offenses and other incidents, and opened 15 proceedings under Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine "War Crimes."

On October 24, Russian troops struck a powerful blow at residential areas of the Korabelny district: three people were killed and 14 others were injured. The shelling damaged eight multi-storey buildings, twenty private houses, administrative buildings, businesses and vehicles.

Анна Бальчінос