Russia strikes Kherson twice: one killed and one injured

One person has been killed and another injured in Russian attacks on the city of Kherson overnight and on the morning of 17 July.

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

Quote from the city military administration: "Russian forces attacked a residential building in central Kherson with a drone at around 00:15. A 59-year-old man was injured in the strike while he was standing on the balcony of his apartment."

Details: The man was diagnosed with blast injuries, a shrapnel wound to his left shoulder, superficial wounds to his right lower leg, soft-tissue bruising to the torso and acoustic blast trauma.

A 70-year-old woman was also taken to hospital in a critical condition after being injured in a Russian attack on Kherson's Korabelnyi district at around 07:00.

She sustained blast injuries, an open traumatic brain injury and shrapnel wounds to the chest.

Doctors are providing medical treatment to both.

Update: Prokudin reported that doctors had been unable to save the woman and she had died.

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