Russian military hunting for residents of Kherson region, there are dead

Russian occupants are remotely scattering hedgehog traps on the roads of Kherson region to kill and injure people.

According to Roman Mrochko, the head of the Kherson City Military Administration, a car's wheel is damaged after hitting a booby trap, and a drone with explosives arrives after the car stops.

"I urge all drivers to be vigilant while driving, and if you have already hit a metal triangle, try to get to a safer place to change the wheel," the official emphasized.

According to the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, Oleksandr Prokudin, a resident of Beryslav was hit by a Russian UAV in the afternoon on December 22. Unfortunately, the 30-year-old man sustained life-threatening injuries. He died on the spot. The day before, on December 21, in the evening, in Dniprovsky district, the occupiers attacked a 49-year-old man with a drone. He also sustained fatal injuries. Later, it became known about another victim of an enemy strike in Dniprovsky district. The attack by a Russian FPV drone destroyed a residential building and started a fire. While clearing the rubble, rescuers found the body of a dead woman. She is currently being identified.

In general, the enemy does not stop shelling Kherson region. On December 20, the Ukrainian Defense Forces thwarted the plans of the Russian occupiers to land sabotage and reconnaissance groups near Kherson in the right-bank part of Kherson region. On this day, Kherson suffered the largest shelling since 2022. The explosions did not stop from four in the morning. Russian troops fired from all types of weapons available to them, firing more than 1,000 shells. There is not a single neighborhood that was not affected.

Most of the strikes fell on residential areas. Critical and social infrastructure facilities were damaged. Rescuers extinguished more than a dozen fires. Medics, law enforcement and utility workers were on the scene. At the same time, the shelling did not stop. The massive shelling, as well as the unsuccessful attempt by the Russian military to cross to the right bank of the Dnipro, are accompanied by attempts at disinformation.

According to Oleksandr Prokudin, head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, pro-Russian telegram channels are actively spreading fake messages about the alleged forced evacuation of Kherson residents. However, this information was untrue and aimed at creating panic among the population. Official sources have assured that no decision on forced evacuation has been made. The evacuation procedure remains unchanged and is exclusively voluntary.

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