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Russian troops kill 3, injure 4 in attack on Ukraine’s Kherson

17 November, 2024 Sunday
17:59

Since the morning of Sunday, November 17, Russian forces have been attacking Ukraine’s Kherson, targeting private homes, cars, and public transport. The attacks have killed three people and injured four more

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Roman Mrochko, the head of the Kherson City Military Administration, reported that the attack hit the Korabelnyi district of the city. A private house was destroyed.

"The owner, an elderly woman, miraculously survived. Our team has already visited her and taken steps to address the damage caused by the Russian attack," Mrochko said, sharing a video of the aftermath.

Later, he reported that in the morning, Russian forces attacked a car in the Dniprovskyi district of Kherson with a drone. The 58-year-old man inside the car was killed.

It was also reported that a 51-year-old woman in the same district was killed in the Russian attack.

Two more people, men aged 37 and 39, were injured in the same area, suffering blast and shrapnel wounds. 

Mrochko also said that a bus in the Korabelnyi district was hit by Russian fire. Shrapnel damaged two windows, but fortunately, neither the driver nor the passengers were injured. 

At 3:00 p.m., the official reported that a 67-year-old woman, injured in the attack shelling of Kherson around 2:30 p.m., had been treated by doctors. 

At 3:50 p.m., Mrochko announced that another person had been killed in the attack on the city’s Tsentralnyi district by Russian forces. The victim, a 52-year-old man, died from explosive injuries.

By 4:01 p.m., the number of wounded had risen. Mrochko stated that a 70-year-old woman was injured in the Tsentralnyi district during the attack around 3:30 p.m. and was hospitalized.

“She has a concussion, blast injuries, and closed head trauma. She was indoors when the attack occurred,” Mrochko wrote.

  • On Sunday morning, November 17, Russian forces launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine. Strategic bombers took flight, and cruise and ballistic missile launches were detected. Energy infrastructure was a primary target.
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