Overview
- Russia’s Investigative Committee set the official toll at 27 dead, including two minors, and said 31 wounded were taken to hospitals.
- The Health Ministry reported one child in extremely critical condition and four victims, including a child, in serious condition as federal disaster medicine coordinates care.
- Investigators said they seized fragments of several drones at the scene and ordered more than 26 forensic examinations, including medical, genetic, explosive-technical and fire-technical analyses.
- Kherson region chief Vladimir Saldo named the Ukrainian UAV unit known as “Ptakh Madyara” as a possible perpetrator, a claim rejected by Ukraine’s General Staff.
- Local authorities published preliminary victim lists, reported a cyberattack on the site carrying the names, and declared two regional days of mourning.