Russian attacks on Kherson region: Russians kill six, injure 12 more

During August 19, the Russian army attacked the Kherson region with aircraft, cannon and rocket artillery, and drones of various types.

According to the Kherson regional prosecutor’s office, all the dead were residents of Kherson who suffered life-threatening injuries from Russian attacks using FPV drones. Four of them were passengers on a shuttle bus, one of the deceased was in a car, and another woman was on the street.

Five people died in a Russian attack on a shuttle bus in Kherson. An elderly woman also died in a Russian strike in the Dnipro district of the city.

Two cars parked next to a residential building and two apartments on the eighth and ninth floors of a high-rise building were burned down due to a drone attack in the very center of the city. Also, 10 civilians were injured by Russian drones and artillery in the regional center.

In the morning, the Russians carried out a drone strike on Komyshany, Kherson region: two injured:

A 54-year-old woman who was in the yard of a house received an explosive injury, concussion and acute stress reaction;

A 56-year-old man was diagnosed with an explosive injury, concussion and acute stress reaction.

Private and apartment buildings, a shop, a cafe, enterprise territories, garages, official passenger and passenger vehicles were also damaged.

Russians attacked a car with a drone in the center of Kherson: a woman died, a man was injured

At about 10:00 on August 19, the Russian military attacked a passenger car moving in the central part of Kherson with a drone. A woman died, another man was injured.

The prosecutor’s office has launched a pre-trial investigation into the car attack in Kherson under Part 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – committing a war crime that caused the death of people.

The deceased woman was in the car. Her identity is being established, the report says.

According to the Kherson City Military Administration, a 43-year-old man received an explosive injury, shrapnel wounds to the face and a fractured lower jaw. He was hospitalized.