Russians attack fixed-route minibus and civilians with drones in Kherson: 22 injured – photo, video
Russian forces have been hunting civilians, cars and public transport with drones in Kherson since the night of 8-9 July, killing two people and injuring another 22.
Source: Oleksandr Prokudin, Head of Kherson Oblast Military Administration; Yaroslav Shanko, Head of Kherson City Military Administration
Quote from Shanko: "At around 13:40, the enemy treacherously attacked a fixed-route minibus carrying passengers with a drone. Eight people are currently known to have been injured. All of them sustained blast injuries, closed head injuries, concussion and shrapnel wounds. They are under medical supervision."
Details: Kherson Oblast Military Administration said those injured were six women aged 38, 40, 51, 52, 73 and 76, and two men aged 60 and 74.
In addition, Russian forces attacked 14 local residents with drones from the night onwards.
During the night, two men aged 46 and 53 were injured in the Korabelnyi district. The first sustained severe injuries, while the second suffered injuries of moderate severity.
In the morning, the Russians attacked a 16-year-old and a 77-year-old resident of Kherson in the Dniprovskyi district, as well as two men aged 57 and 55 and a 60-year-old woman in the city's Tsentralnyi district. All of them were injured.
Later, a Russian drone struck a bus transport stop in central Kherson, injuring two men aged 60 and 43.
Around midday, another drone attack in central Kherson injured a 68-year-old woman and four men aged 48, 54, 61 and 64.
Background: Earlier in the day, it was reported that Russian forces had struck a car in Kherson with a drone, killing two civilians.
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