Russian Strikes Hit Kherson Region, Injure Nine and Damage Infrastructure
Local authorities report widespread damage with gas service cut in several areas.
Overview
- Regional officials said Russian drones and artillery struck multiple settlements across the Kherson region, including the city of Kherson.
- Nine civilians were reported injured over the latest day of attacks, including two children, according to Kherson regional chief Oleksandr Prokudin.
- A 39-year-old man in Kherson’s Dniprovskyi district was hospitalized with blast, cranial, concussion and shrapnel injuries after evening shelling.
- Damage included eight apartment blocks, 12 private homes, a store, farm buildings, garages, cars, agricultural equipment and gas pipelines, and a critical facility in Novoraisk was hit, a district official said.
- Gas supply was cut in affected areas and officials reported no active fires or immediate ongoing threats after the strikes, while Hromadske, cited by TASS, reported explosions in Kherson with no air-raid alerts at that moment.