Russian airstrikes on Kherson kill ambulance driver and injure civilians, including children

Olha Hlushchenko — 17 October, 06:28
Russian airstrikes on Kherson kill ambulance driver and injure civilians, including children
A guided aerial bomb. Stock photo: the Russian Defence Ministry

Russian forces have launched airstrikes on the city of Kherson, killing an ambulance driver and injuring civilians, including children.

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

Details: Kherson City Military Administration initially reported that a female paramedic had been injured in a double-tap airstrike in the Korabelnyi district.

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It later emerged that the number of people injured in the Russian airstrike had risen to four.

The administration then reported that another person had been injured: a 73-year-old woman.

Meanwhile, Shanko said that a family with a one-month-old baby had been injured in a Russian airstrike on Kherson in the morning.

He also said that an 11-year-old girl had sustained injuries.

He wrote later that an emergency medical services driver had died from his injuries.

Quote from Shanko: "The latest victim of Russian terrorists is a 64-year-old man who worked as an emergency medical services driver. He has sustained fatal injuries."

Update: The number of people injured in Russian airstrikes on Kherson in the morning has risen to 12.

Update: After 07:00, Shanko said that Kherson had been under attack by Russian aircraft, artillery and drones throughout the previous day.

Houses and high-rise residential buildings, social infrastructure facilities, an office building, cars and lorries were damaged.

Quote from Shanko: "One person has been killed and 13 injured, including two children, as a result of Russian attacks on the Kherson ." 

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