Russians injure 18 civilians in Kherson, Sumy and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts – photos

- 1 June, 07:42
An affected building. Photo: National Police of Ukraine

Eighteen civilians have been injured in Russian attacks on Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk and Sumy oblasts.

Source: Kherson City Military Administration; Oleksandr Prokudin, Head of Kherson Oblast Military Administration; Oleksandr Hanzha, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration; National Police of Ukraine in Sumy Oblast

Quote from Kherson City Military Administration: "Three people – two men aged 31 and 61 and a 57-year-old woman – have been injured in a nighttime Russian artillery shelling of the Korabelnyi district in Kherson."

Details: A Russian shell hit a residential building at around 01:30. Those affected have been diagnosed with blast injuries, closed head injuries and acoustic trauma. The woman has also sustained bruises to her forearm. All received medical treatment on site.

Four people have been injured in Kherson Oblast.

Four people were also injured in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, which Russian forces attacked nearly 30 times using drones and artillery.

"The district centre [the city of Nikopol] as well as the Pokrovske and Chervonohryhorivka hromada came under fire in the Nikopol district. Infrastructure, premises belonging to a business, a petrol station, houses and cars have been damaged. Four people have been injured. A 54-year-old woman has been hospitalised in a critical condition. A 52-year-old man is also in hospital, with his condition assessed as a moderate. Two more women, aged 56 and 67, will receive outpatient treatment," Hanzha reported. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

Aftermath of Russian attacks on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Photo: Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration

A dacha and a garage caught fire in the city of Dnipro, while the Russians damaged a house in the Vasylkivka hromada in the Synelnykove district. [A dacha is a seasonal secondary residence, usually with a little plot of land, where people grow vegetables, fruit trees and berries or keep a garden - ed.]

Seven civilians were injured in Sumy Oblast. The Russians attacked hromadas in the Sumy, Shostka, Okhtyrka and Konotop districts using guided aerial bombs, attack UAVs, FPV drones, multiple-launch rocket systems, artillery and mortars.

"Four men aged 22, 32, 40 and 49 have been injured in an enemy drone strike on the Bilopillia hromada. A house and a car have also been damaged. Two women aged 47 and 57 were hurt in an enemy drone strike on the Berezivka hromada, which also damaged three residential buildings and an outbuilding. A 66-year-old woman has been injured in a drone attack on the Duboviazivka hromada," the police reported.

Aftermath of Russian attacks on Sumy Oblast
Photo: National Police of Ukraine in Sumy Oblast

Houses, cars and civilian infrastructure facilities were also damaged in the Russian strikes.

Aftermath of Russian attacks on Sumy Oblast
Photo: National Police of Ukraine in Sumy Oblast

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