13 September 2025

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.

Анна Бальчінос

You may also like:

July 3, 2026

In Mykolaiv Oblast, a former official faces prison for failing to disclose assets

The average salary in the Mykolaiv region has exceeded 26,000 hryvnias: where do they pay the most?

The court refused to confiscate the apartment and car belonging to the family of a former lawmaker from the Mykolaiv region

6 million was allocated to a shelter for stray animals in Kherson

In Mykolaiv, authorities want to punish a contractor for failing to complete repairs on a building damaged by the Russians

In Odesa, a female cardiologist was convicted of working for the occupying forces in Kherson

An increase in the garbage collection fee is being planned for residents of a city in the Mykolaiv region

The SBU attacked an airfield in Crimea and destroyed seven aircraft

The Odessa Military Academy has responded to the detention of one of its employees

In the Kherson region, wage arrears have exceeded 2 million

An official from the occupation ministry will stand trial in the Kherson region

A major water main renovation project in Pervomaisk may be delayed

In Kherson, a department director found himself on trial on bribery charges

In Crimea, following the Ukrainian Armed Forces' strike, propaganda covered up the failure of the Panorama's renovation

Drones struck homes, a gas station, and a farm in the Mykolaiv region; one person was killed and others were seriously injured