Sept. 13, 2025, 7:56 a.m.

Hostile shelling damaged a high-rise building in Kherson and houses in Ochakiv

(Consequences of the shelling in Kherson. PHOTOS: Kherson Regional Military Commissariat)

On September 12-13, Russian troops attacked 30 settlements in Kherson region and several communities in Mykolaiv region with drones, aircraft, and artillery. Residential buildings, infrastructure, and transportation were damaged, and four people were injured.

According to Oleksandr Prokudin, the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, 30 settlements in the Kherson region were hit by drones, aircraft and artillery from September 12 to 13. Among them are Beryslav, Bilozerka, Kizomys, Stanislav, Oleksandrivka, Antonivka, Tyahyntsi and Kherson.

Consequences of the shelling in Kherson. PHOTO: Kherson Regional Military Command

The occupants shelled residential areas, social and critical infrastructure. A multi-storey building, six private houses, a cell tower, buses and cars were damaged. Four people were injured.

According to Vitaliy Kim, head of the Mykolaiv Military District Administration, on September 12, Russians attacked Ochakiv and the community's water area with FPV drones ten times, damaging two houses and outbuildings. Four attacks also hit the Kutsurubska community, with no casualties. The residents of Ochakiv were not injured.

Consequences of the shelling in Kherson. PHOTO: Kherson Regional Military Command

Drones struck Halytsynivka community twice: a house was damaged and a fire was extinguished in Lymany, and a summer house was destroyed in Lupareve.

In total, the enemy launched one missile and 57 air strikes, used three missiles and dropped 88 UAVs, engaged 2,236 kamikaze drones and fired 3,593 times at the positions of our troops and settlements.

On the night of August 12, Russian troops shelled the center of Kherson with artillery. The fire damaged residential buildings and shops, and one elderly resident was trapped under the rubble but was not injured. Around 09:30 the city came under fire again. As a result, a 53-year-old man sustained blast trauma and shrapnel wounds to his head, torso, arms and legs.

Consequences of the shelling in Kherson. PHOTO: Kherson Regional Military Command

Over the course of the day from September 11 to 12, more than 30 settlements in the Kherson region came under fire from drones, aircraft, and artillery. The attacks damaged two high-rise buildings and 31 private houses, as well as a gas pipeline, outbuildings, a garage, a car, and agricultural machinery. In the afternoon, Russian artillery hit an educational institution in the center of Kherson, injuring a 61-year-old security guard.

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