In Kherson, a Russian drone hit a residential building

On December 31, 2025, a Russian military drone hit a private three-story house in Kherson. The attack caused a fire.

This was reported by the main department of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Kherson region.

Despite the threat of repeated attacks, rescuers extinguished the fire. There were no deaths or injuries as a result of this drone hit.

The Russian military is attacking civilians in the Kherson region with drones. They are striking buses, volunteers, churches, trucks with food. Drones are hitting apartments and humanitarian headquarters.

On May 28, 2025, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine published the report “They are hunting us: systematic drone attacks on civilians in Kherson.” The document describes the massive attacks by Russian drones on civilians in the Kherson region on the right bank of the Dnieper as crimes against humanity.

Russians launch drone strike on Novovorontsovka, Kherson region, one dead

A man died as a result of a Russian drone strike on the village of Novovorontsovka, Berislavskyі district, Kherson region, on December 31, the Kherson regional prosecutor’s office reported.

“On December 31, 2025, at about 1:00 p.m., Russians launched a drone strike on one of the streets in the village of Novovorontsovka, Berislavsky district. A 47-year-old man died as a result of the explosive device being dropped,” the report said.

Under the procedural leadership of the Berislavskyі district prosecutor’s office, a pre-trial investigation has been launched into the fact of committing a war crime that resulted in the death of a person (Part 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).