Russian forces attack Kherson with drones: two women killed

Two people were killed and one person was injured in Russian drone strikes on Kherson on 19 August.

Source: Oleksandr Prokudin, Head of Kherson Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram; Kherson Oblast Prosecutor's Office on Telegram

Quote from Prokudin: "At around 10:00, a woman from Kherson sustained fatal injuries when an enemy drone struck a car. Her identity is currently being established."

Details: Another person, a 43-year-old man, sustained blast injuries and a shrapnel wound. He was taken to hospital.

Update: Prokudin later reported that the Russians had killed another Kherson resident. An elderly woman sustained fatal injuries in a drone attack in the city's Dniprovskyi district.

"At around 13:00, the Russian army sent a drone towards one of the streets of Kherson. A 62-year-old woman was caught in the strike zone and died at the scene," the prosecutor's office said.

Background: On the morning of 19 August, Russian forces attacked a fixed-route minibus with a drone in Kherson's Korabelnyi district, killing four people and injuring five others.

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