Russian forces attack bus in Kherson and civilians across oblast: several killed – video

Russian forces have struck a bus with a drone in Kherson and local authorities have reported people killed and injured. Russian troops have also attacked civilians in the city and elsewhere in Kherson Oblast, injuring at least nine people.

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

Quote from Shanko: "Russian terrorists continue to deliberately target public transport in Kherson, putting civilians at risk. At around 11:00, the enemy struck a bus with a drone in the city's Tsentralnyi [Central] district. A 25-year-old woman from Kherson who was at a public transport stop at the time was injured in the attack."

Details: Shanko said the woman had sustained a blast injury and a shrapnel wound to her left leg and had been taken to hospital.

Prokudin said, citing early reports, that people had been killed in the attack.

"Russian terrorists have once again attacked a bus with a drone in Kherson's Tsentralnyi district. A car was also hit. Early reports indicate that civilians are known to have been killed and injured. The information is being clarified," Prokudin said.

Kherson Oblast Military Administration added that three people had been taken to hospital. A 67-year-old man and two women, aged 61 and 69, were diagnosed as suffering from shrapnel wounds, concussion, blast injuries and closed head injuries.

In addition, at around 09:00, Russian forces attacked Kherson's Tsentralnyi district, leaving a 54-year-old man with a blast injury and concussion.

At approximately 11:40, Russian forces attacked a 61-year-old woman with a drone in Kherson's Korabelnyi district. She was diagnosed as suffering from shrapnel wounds to her leg, concussion, a blast injury and a closed head injury.

Civilians elsewhere in Kherson Oblast also came under Russian attack. At around 06:50, Russian forces struck a car with a drone on a road near the village of Novoraisk in the Beryslav district, injuring two men aged 47 and 59. They were taken to hospital with blast injuries, concussion and thermal burns.

At approximately 09:30, Russian forces attacked an elderly man with a drone in the village of Mikilske in the Darivka hromada . The 73-year-old local resident sustained a blast injury, multiple shrapnel wounds and a fractured arm. He was taken to hospital.

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