Eight people, including firefighters, injured in Russian attacks across four oblasts – photos
Russian forces attacked populated areas in Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv and Kherson oblasts on 17 December, injuring four civilians. Four firefighters were also injured in the town of Druzhkivka in Donetsk Oblast after a first-person view (FPV) drone struck a fire engine on the evening of 16 December.
Source: Ivan Fedorov, Head of Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration; Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor's Office; Yaroslav Shanko, Head of Kherson City Military Administration; State Emergency Service of Ukraine; Kherson Oblast Military Administration
Details: In Zaporizhzhia Oblast, a Russian FPV drone attacked a civilian car in the Kushuhum hromada, injuring a 67-year-old man and damaging the vehicle. He is receiving medical treatment. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]
Investigators have established that a drone struck the village of Zamist in the Kupiansk district in Kharkiv Oblast at around 06:40 on 17 December. A 50-year-old man sustained abrasions and an acute stress reaction as a result of the attack.
The Russians also struck Kherson at around 07:00. The central part of the city came under fire. A projectile hit the roof of an apartment building, damaging the roof, windows and the water supply system. One person was injured.
Kherson Oblast Military Administration reported later that Russian forces had attacked the city again at 09:20. A 59-year-old man was injured in the Dniprovskyi district of Kherson. He suffered blast injuries, multiple facial injuries and lost one of his feet in the explosion.
He has been taken to hospital in a moderate condition.
Additionally, the Russians used an FPV drone to attack firefighters in Druzhkivka as they were responding to a call about a fire on the evening of 16 December. The strike hit a fire engine, injuring four SES employees who were taken to hospital. The vehicle was also damaged.
Background: Earlier, Anastasiia Miedviedieva, spokeswoman for Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor's Office, told Suspilne Donbas that the Russian attacks on Kostiantynivka and Druzhkivka on 16 December had killed one person and injured four.
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