Russian attacks on first day of year kill one and injure two in Kherson and Kharkiv

Russian forces have attacked Kherson and Kharkiv on 1 January. In Kherson, a 31-year-old man was killed and an 87-year-old woman was injured, while another person was wounded in a suburb of Kharkiv.

Source: Oleksandr Prokudin, Head of Kherson Oblast Military Administration; Oleh Syniehubov, Head of Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration

Details: Reports show that Russian forces hit a multi-storey residential building in the central district of Kherson with a strike UAV in the morning.

Prokudin said the drone flew into an 87-year-old woman's apartment.

She sustained concussion, blast injuries and a closed craniocerebral injury. An emergency medical team transported the woman to hospital, where she is in a moderate condition and receiving the necessary treatment.

Later on the first day of the new year, Russian troops also killed a man in Kherson's Dniprovskyi district.

Quote: "In the Dniprovskyi district of the city, a 31-year-old man came under enemy fire. He sustained fatal injuries.

My condolences to the family and loved ones of the man who was killed."

Details: The Russians also attacked Kharkiv. Explosions were heard in several districts of the city. Early reports indicate that the Russians struck a suburb with a guided aerial bomb.

At present, one person has been reported injured. Medics are providing him with the necessary assistance.

Background: On 31 December, one person was killed and four others were injured in Kherson Oblast as a result of Russian attacks, while Russian forces killed a civilian in Kostiantynivka in Donetsk Oblast.

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