One civilian was killed and almost 20 injured during the occupiers' attacks on Kherson region

On September 24, Antonivka, Beryslav, Bilozerka, Burgunka, Velytenske, Stanislav, Sadove, Ponyativka, Tomyna Balka, Shyroka Balka, Zolota Balka, Zmiivka, Odradokamyanka, Novoraysk, Nova Kamyanka, Sukhanove, Kreschenivka, Mykhailivka, Monastyrske and the city of Kherson came under enemy fire and air strikes in Kherson region.

This was reported by the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration Oleksandr Prokudin.

The official said that during the attacks on the right-bank part of the Kherson region, the Russian military hit critical infrastructure, educational and medical institutions, a banking institution, an office building; residential areas of the region's settlements, including a high-rise building and 16 private houses. The occupants also damaged a gas pipeline, a garage, agricultural machinery and private cars.

Consequences of the shelling. Photo: Kherson regional police

In total, one civilian was killed and 18 others were injured in the region that day as a result of Russian aggression. According to the press service of the Kherson Regional Prosecutor's Office, on September 24, at about 11:40 a.m., Russian military attacked Beryslav using drones. A man sustained life-threatening injuries near a local kindergarten. A 70-year-old woman was wounded. The Russian military also attacked Poniativka with drones, resulting in a 61-year-old man sustaining multiple shrapnel wounds. In Stanislav, a 58-year-old woman was wounded by enemy drones and hospitalized. A 20-year-old man received medical aid on the spot. At 12:20, the occupants dropped explosives on a tractor of a utility company in Kherson, injuring the driver. Another woman was also injured in the regional center under similar circumstances, as well as two civilians in Kindiytsia and Antonivka.

The head of the JMA added that during a nighttime drone attack, the Air Defense Forces destroyed one Shahed-131/136 over the territory of Kherson region.

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