Occupants shelled two buildings of Kherson State University

For the second day in a row, Russian troops have been targeting the buildings of Kherson State University. After the shelling of the main building on February 16, the next day the fifth building of the university came under attack.

This is stated on the university's website.

In the main building, classrooms and laboratories where future teachers of physics, mathematics, and computer science had been trained for many years were severely damaged. The next day, the fifth building, which housed the faculties of philology, journalism, history, psychology, and social work, came under fire.

KSU Rector Oleksandr Spivakovsky, commenting on the latest attacks on the institution, emphasized that the aggressor systematically destroys educational sites in the city, trying to leave the community without access to knowledge.

Also, on February 17, 2026, the Russian army carried out a series of targeted attacks on a civilian medical facility in the Dniprovsky district of Kherson. The enemy attacked the territory of one of the local hospitals three times using unmanned aerial vehicles.

Around 9 a.m., a 46-year-old medical worker was injured as a result of the explosive drop - she sustained craniocerebral and mine-blast injuries. Later, during a lunchtime attack, a 64-year-old man sustained a leg injury and a mine-blast trauma. Both victims are currently being provided with the necessary assistance.

Such attacks are not accidental: the Russian military has been targeting public transportation, churches, food trucks and volunteers with drones. Drones are flying directly into the apartments of Kherson residents and hitting humanitarian headquarters. This terrorist tactic has already received an official assessment at the UN level.

Катерина Глушко