Russians hit Kherson region with KABs, one killed, one child wounded

Yesterday, the enemy launched a ballistic missile attack on Kherson district. As a result of Russian aggression, 1 person was killed and 6 others were wounded, including 1 child.

According to Oleksandr Prokudin, the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, Russian troops hit critical and social infrastructure; residential areas of the region's settlements, in particular, they damaged 22 private houses. The occupiers also damaged an outbuilding, a garage and private cars.

Bilozerka, Veletynske, Dniprovske, Kizomys, Tomyna Balka, Stanislav, Oleksandrivka, Antonivka, Sadove, Prydniprovske, Ivanivka, Poniativka, Molodizhne came under enemy fire and air strikes, Tokarivka, Tyahynka, Kachkarivka, Olgivka, Osokorivka, Lvov, Mykolaivka, Mylove, Mykhailivka, Monastyrske, Novoberislav, Chervonyi Mayak, Novooleksandrivka, Novoraysk, Zmiivka, Vesele and the city of Kherson.

The official also said that during a nighttime drone attack, the Air Defense Forces destroyed 1 Shahed-131/136 over the territory of our 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 of the Russian military to cross to the right bank of the Dnipro, are accompanied by disinformation attempts.

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 assured that no decision on forced evacuation has been made yet. The evacuation procedure remains unchanged and is exclusively voluntary.

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