12 December 2024

Russians shell nearly 30 settlements in Kherson region, wounded are reported

(Photo: HOVA)

Over the past day, on December 11, Antonivka, Sadove, Komyshany, Bilozerka, Stanislav, Blahovishchenske, Tomyna Balka, Beryslav, Tomaryne, Chervonyi Mayak, Novovorontsovka came under enemy fire and air strikes, Shlyakhove, Poniativka, Tokarivka, Olgivka, Dniprovske, Kizomys, Lvov, Mykhailivka, Monastyrske, Ivanivka, Mykolaivka, Tyahynka, Sablukivka, Mykilske, Kachkarivka, Vesele, Kozatske, and the city of Kherson. Six people were injured as a result of Russian aggression.

According to Oleksandr Prokudin, the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, Russian troops shelled social infrastructure and residential areas of the region's settlements, including a multi-storey building and 16 private houses. The occupants also damaged an outbuilding, a garage and private cars.

At noon, Russians attacked a civilian car with a drone in the village of Chervonyi Mayak. The car was damaged by the enemy UAV attack. Miraculously, people were not injured. The Russian military also attacked the Dniprovsky district of Kherson with a UAV. As a result of the explosives dropped from the drone, a 91-year-old woman who was in the street sustained an explosive injury and a shrapnel wound to her leg.

At approximately 14:30, Russians attacked Kherson from a drone. As a result of the explosives dropped, a 50-year-old man sustained an explosive injury and shrapnel wounds to both legs. At about 19:20, the occupiers fired artillery at Bilozerka. Two people were injured as a result of the enemy shelling. A 62-year-old man and a 92-year-old woman were diagnosed with explosive and craniocerebral injuries, as well as contusions.

The day before, on December 10, a civilian in Kherson region was killed and 15 others were injured in Russian shelling over the past day.

Kherson and the region are subjected to daily shelling by the Russian invaders. Thus, the Russian military carried out an artillery attack on the Dniprovsky district of Kherson. A 75-year-old woman was killed when a shell hit a private house. In addition, the enemy opened fire on the village of Bilozerka in Kherson district. A 44-year-old man was killed and two men aged 45 and 48 were wounded as a result of the shelling. The invaders also cut off electricity to two communities.

Earlier, the Russian military attacked public transportation in Dniprovsky district with a UAV. As a result, three people were killed and wounded. Prior to that, the invaders dropped a munition on a civilian car from a drone in the Dniprovsky district of Kherson, killing a woman.

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