Dec. 1, 2024, 12:31 p.m.

Russian military dropped explosives from a drone on a bus in Kherson: there are dead and wounded

(Photo: Kherson MBA)

At around 8:15 a.m. on December 1, the Russian military attacked public transportation in Dniprovsky district with a UAV. Three people were killed and wounded.

According to the head of the Kherson regional military administration, Oleksandr Prokudin, 11 people have been injured so far.

"Today Russia has shown its true face again. On the anniversary of the referendum on Ukraine's independence, the enemy struck again at civilians, dropping explosives on a taxi," the official said.

It is currently known that three people sustained life-threatening injuries. Six residents of Kherson were diagnosed with mine-blast injuries. A 56-year-old woman sustained shrapnel wounds to her head, arm and legs. Another 70-year-old resident suffered a fractured tibia.

A pre-trial investigation into the commission of a war crime involving premeditated murder has also been launched under the procedural control of the Kherson District Prosecutor 's Office.

The Russians killed two people and wounded 15 others yesterday, on November 30, while shelling the Kherson region with artillery, mortars and drones. In the morning, the occupiers attacked a minibus in Kherson district and wounded four people. A drone struck the bus, causing four civilians to sustain injuries of varying severity. The victims were taken to hospital for medical care. At around 11:15, Russian troops attacked a bus stop in Antonivka. The shelling killed a man and a woman, and another civilian was injured and hospitalized.

The day before, on November 29, the occupiers shelled 23 settlements in Kherson region. Six people were injured in the shelling, one was killed. The Russian military shelled residential areas of the region's settlements, damaging 17 private houses. The occupants also damaged a garage, a municipal building, a shop, an outbuilding and private cars.

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