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Two people were killed and three others were wounded in the Kherson region as a result of Russian drone attacks

UA NEWS 24 April 2026 11:19
Two people were killed and three others were wounded in the Kherson region as a result of Russian drone attacks

This morning, Russian forces launched a drone attack on civilians in the Kherson region. According to preliminary reports, two people were killed and three others were injured. Specifically, two people riding a moped were killed in a suburb of Kherson.

The Kherson Regional Military Administration reported this on Telegram.

 

“Around 7:00 a.m. in the suburbs of Kherson, Russian terrorists struck a moped carrying two people with a drone. They died at the scene,” the report states.

It is noted that a 68-year-old man and a woman, whose identity is currently being established by the relevant authorities, sustained fatal injuries.

According to the head of the Kherson Regional State Administration, Oleksandr Prokudin, Russian troops attacked a moped with a drone near Zelenivka.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Regional State Administration expressed their condolences to the families and loved ones of the latest victims of the Russian Federation’s military.

The Regional Military Administration also reports that police officers transported a 72-year-old resident to the hospital after he was injured in another enemy attack—a Russian drone struck a car at approximately 8:20 a.m. in the Dniprovskyi district. The man sustained blast injuries and shrapnel wounds to the head and chest. He was hospitalized in moderate condition.

Additionally, according to the Regional Military Administration, around 7:20 a.m., Russian occupiers attacked two women in the village of Bilozerka using a UAV. At the time of the attack, the local residents, aged 68 and 59, were walking down the street. They sustained blast injuries; the older woman also suffered shrapnel wounds to her arm and leg. The victims are under medical supervision.

In the Kherson region, seven people were wounded in Russian attacks over the past 24 hours.

Shelling of the Kherson region has left one person dead and 25 wounded across 40 settlements.

Additionally, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that in March, the Russian army suffered its heaviest losses since the start of the full-scale war.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense has released data on the advance of Russian occupation forces over the past month.

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