Russian drone attack on petrol station in Kherson Oblast leaves two dead and nine injured

Two people have been killed and nine injured in a Russian drone attack on an OKKO petrol station on a motorway near the village of Posad-Pokrovske in Kherson Oblast.

Source: Kherson Oblast Prosecutor's Office; National Police of Ukraine; OKKO press service

Details: Law enforcement officials said a Russian Shahed drone had struck a petrol station in the Chornobaivka hromada at around 13:00. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

A 35-year-old employee of the filling station and a customer who were on the premises at the time of the strike were killed.

In addition, nine civilians – four women and five men – have suffered injuries of varying severity. Doctors diagnosed them with blast injuries, traumatic brain injuries, concussion and shrapnel wounds.

The most severe injuries were suffered by a 61-year-old man. He sustained a traumatic amputation of his lower left leg. Several of those injured are in a critical condition.

Background: A Russian drone attack destroyed the last petrol station operated by OKKO in the town of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk Oblast on 30 May.

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