Tragic Losses in Kherson: Civilian Casualties from Russian Attacks

Today, on February 3, an employee of the City Road Department, a municipal enterprise, who came under enemy fire at his workplace on January 30, died in the morning in a hospital.

According to the Kherson MDA, 62-year-old Volodymyr Vasylkiv was doing his job when the Russian occupiers attacked the Korabelny district.

"An employee of our utility company was seriously injured. Doctors did everything possible and even impossible to save the victim. Unfortunately, the injuries proved fatal ," the administration said.

They also reported that over the past few days, two employees died and one was injured.

"At the end of last week, Russian terrorists dropped explosives from a drone on the father and son Skoryk, employees of Khersonmisksvitlo, who were returning home from work. 22-year-old Andriy died on the spot. The elder Andriy Skoryk was hospitalized in a moderate condition," the statement said.

Recently, a volunteer from Kherson, Iryna Bayrachenko, was killed by a Russian drone. Her schoolgirl daughter Margarita was left without a mother.

On January 14, a 56-year-old nurse of a local outpatient clinic was killed in the suburb of Kherson, Antonivka, as a result of Russian shelling. The body of Svitlana Kharchenko, a nurse from the Kherson polyclinic, was found near the Antonovka Bridge. The woman spent her entire life helping people. Svitlana left the hospital to return home, but on the way she was attacked by a Russian drone. An eyewitness said that she was seriously injured and, despite trying to hold on, died on the spot. Her body was found the next morning near the bridge.

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.

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