Russian troops attack Kherson, injuring 9 civilians, including 4 children

The head of the Kherson Regional State Administration, Oleksandr Prokudin, reported the information.

At 10:11 pm, he informed that a child and a woman were injured as a result of the attack on Kherson. An educational institution, houses and garages were damaged.

Later he clarified the information: a family was injured at one of the addresses hit by Russian troops: a 28-year-old woman and her 3 daughters aged 2, 4 and 9.

"Kherson is under a massive enemy attack," the head of the regional state administration wrote.

Roman Mrochko, head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, informed that 9 people were wounded in the attack, 4 of them children aged 13, 4, 2 and 10.

"Four injured - a mother with 3 children - were hospitalized. Their condition is moderate. They have contusions and blast trauma. Five injured were provided with medical aid on the spot (1 child and 4 adults). They refused to be hospitalized," he wrote.

Meanwhile, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said that the attack had destroyed 3 apartment buildings, educational and medical institutions. 

Later, the Russian military attacked villages in Kherson district. Fires were extinguished in a private house and a vocational school.

• On Monday, December 18, the Russian army shelled Kherson with artillery. A private enterprise was hit, killing a security guard who was at work.