January brought new victims and wounded to Kherson: how many people died

January 2025 was a tragic month for Kherson, as the city lost 16 of its residents in that month. This is about the same number of people killed and wounded in December 2024 as a result of Russian attacks.

According to Roman Mrochko, the head of the Kherson City Military Administration, 154 Kherson residents were injured by Russian shelling in the first month of the new year alone. This is 25 people more than in December 2024, which indicates an aggravation of the situation in the city.

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The occupiers continue to deliberately destroy civilian infrastructure and attack civilians, leaving Kherson residents no chance for a peaceful life.

Kherson is under daily attack by Russian occupation forces. Numerous explosions are heard in the city, civilians are killed and injured.

In the evening, on January 31, Russian terrorists attacked a father and son returning home from work in the Dniprovsky district with a drone. Both worked for a utility company. The 22-year-old man was killed by the enemy's drone explosives. A 44-year-old man was wounded and hospitalized.

Also, Russian occupation forces continue to remotely mine the territory of the Kherson community, posing a deadly threat to local residents. Also in Kherson, police explosive technician Oleksandr Viter was killed during demining after Russian attacks . Before that, six employees of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, who were engaged in humanitarian demining in Kherson region, came under targeted fire from Russians and were killed. Two more SES employees, including a female paramedic, were injured.

On January 21, the occupiers struck numerous times in the Kherson region. Two people were killed and 11 others were injured as a result of Russian aggression.

Ірина Глухова