Russia launches 108 drones on Ukraine, injuring civilians in Kherson

Ukraine’s Air Force reported that Russia launched 108 Shahed attack drones and various decoy drones from Bryansk, Shatalovo, Orel, Millerovo, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk.

By 09:00 a.m., air defense had neutralized 93 drones across eastern, northern, and central Ukraine. Of those, 35 were shot down and 58 were suppressed by electronic warfare.

Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, and Zhytomyr regions were hit in the attack.

Aftermath in Dnipropetrovsk region

Serhiy Lysak, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, said a Russian attack damaged a farm in the Pavlohrad district and started a fire. Rescuers quickly put it out.

In the Synelnykivskyi district, Russian drones hit a business site and caused another fire.

No one was hurt in either attack.

Russia targets civilians in Kherson

On the morning of May 20, the Kherson Regional Military Administration reported that Russian forces attacked a taxi in Kherson using a drone.

A woman born in 1960 suffered an explosive injury and a concussion from the drone’s strike. Doctors are monitoring her condition.

Later, the Kherson City Military Administration said the number of victims had risen to two. A 56-year-old man was also diagnosed with a concussion and mine-blast injury.