Russians hit hospital and vehicle in Kherson with drone: five people injured – photo

Russian forces struck a hospital and a civilian vehicle in the Tsentralnyi district of Kherson with a drone on the morning of 13 April, injuring four of the medical facility's employees and a 62-year-old man.

Source: Kherson Oblast Military Administration; Kherson City Military Administration; Oleksandr Prokudin, Head of Kherson Oblast Military Administration

Details: At approximately 09:00, the Russians dropped explosives from a drone onto a civilian vehicle in Kherson's Tsentralnyi district.

A 62-year-old local resident was injured as a result of the attack. He was diagnosed with a shrapnel wound to his head, concussion, a blast injury and a closed traumatic brain injury.

An emergency medical team took the man to hospital. Medics have assessed his condition as moderate.

Update: The head of the Oblast Military Administration later wrote that the Russians had struck a hospital in the Tsentralnyi district with a Molniya-type drone.

The building's roof was pierced and windows were blown out.

"Four hospital workers were injured as a result of the attack: a 67-year-old man and three women aged 42, 51 and 39. Early reports indicate that they shave ustained blast injuries. They are currently receiving the necessary medical assistance," Prokudin stated.

Background: On 13 April, Russian forces attacked the Korabelnyi district of Kherson, as well as the villages of Osokorivka and Chereshenky in Kherson Oblast; an 89-year-old woman and a man were killed as a result of the strikes, and eight more people were injured.

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