Russians shell two buildings of Kherson State University

For the second day in a row, Russian troops have been deliberately attacking buildings of Kherson State University. After the shelling of the main building on February 16, the fifth building of the educational institution came under Russian attack the next day.

In the main building, the auditorium and laboratories, where future teachers of physics, mathematics and computer science were trained for many years, suffered significant damage. The next day, the fifth building, which housed the faculties of philology, journalism, history, psychology and social work, came under attack.

Commenting on the latest attacks on the institution, the rector of Kherson State University, Oleksandr Spivakovsky, emphasized that the Russians are systematically destroying the city’s educational sites, trying to leave the community without access to knowledge.

On February 17, 2026, the Russian army carried out a series of targeted strikes on a civilian medical facility in the Dnipro district of Kherson. The Russians attacked the territory of one of the local hospitals three times, using unmanned aerial vehicles.

At about nine in the morning, a 46-year-old medical worker was injured as a result of the explosive device being dropped – she received a traumatic brain injury and a mine-blast injury. Later, during the lunch attack, a 64-year-old man was injured in the leg and a mine-blast injury. Both victims are currently receiving necessary assistance.

Such strikes are not accidental: the Russian military purposefully attacks public transport, churches, food trucks and volunteers with drones. Drones fly directly into the apartments of Kherson residents and hit humanitarian headquarters. This terrorist tactic has already received an official assessment at the UN level.