Six people are injured in Russian attacks in Kherson Oblast

At least six people were injured in Ukraine’s Kherson Oblast after a series of Russian attacks on May 19, the Kherson regional military administration said.

Eighteen months after Ukrainian troops liberated large areas on the western bank of the Dnipro in November 2022, Russia continues to heavily attack Kherson and its surroundings with artillery, tanks, drones and aerial bombs – putting the civilian population in great danger.

A strike in the region’s coastal area around 11 a.m. local time injured a 74-year-old man who was hospitalized and was said to be in “moderate” condition. Authorities did not say what weapons were used in the attack.

Shortly afterwards, it was reported that three family members – a 42-year-old woman and two men aged 42 and 71 – were injured by a bomb dropped by a drone in the city of Beryslav. Their conditions should also be “moderate”.

Later in the afternoon, the military administration of the Kherson region said that two men, aged 59 and 70, also in Beryslav, were injured by a Russian drone. It was not specified whether it was a separate attack.

On May 15, Russian forces carried out an airstrike on the center of Kherson, injuring at least 19 people.

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