Russians attacked more than three dozen settlements, many people were injured

Over the course of the day, Kherson and 33 other localities in the region came under attack by enemy troops.

According to Oleksandr Prokudin, the head of the Kherson Military District Administration, nine people were wounded in the shelling.

According to the official, the Russians attacked social infrastructure, residential areas, high-rise buildings and private homes. Seven residential buildings, outbuildings and cars were damaged.

The affected areas include Antonivka, Beryslav, Bilozerka, Stanislav, Shyroka Balka, Oleksandrivka, Komyshany, Mykhaylivka, Kachkarivka, Tyahynka, Kizomys and others.

The Kherson regional prosecutor's office added that Russian military personnel shelled the settlements of Kherson region using artillery and unmanned aerial vehicles. During the day, a 42-year-old woman and a 55-year-old man were injured as a result of UAV strikes on the Kherson suburb of Antonivka.

Artillery shelling injured one person in Komyshany and another in Stanislav. At least 11 civilian objects were damaged, including private and apartment buildings, a hospital, outbuildings, and vehicles.

Prosecutors have launched pre-trial investigations in criminal proceedings on war crimes (Part 1 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

Since the beginning of 2025, Russian troops have carried out about 650 attacks on the Kherson region using drones. As a result of these attacks, seven people were killed and 55 others were injured.

On January 8, Roman Matviychuk, the head of one of the neighborhood committees of Kherson's Korabelny district, was killed in Naddnipryanske by a Russian drone attack. The Russian military attacked a car with a drone, in which 71-year-old Roman Matviychuk was with the driver.

On January 6, an ecologist of the city council, Volodymyr Shum, was killed in a Russian drone attack on a minibus in Kherson.

Ірина Глухова