At dawn on 17 October, Russian troops carried out two air strikes on Kherson’s Korabelnyi District. A 64-year-old driver with an emergency medical team was killed in the attacks. The number of injured has risen to 19, including children.
This was reported by Oleksandr Prokudin, head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration.
According to the head of the administration, Russian forces attacked the Korabelnyi District from 4am. In one of the strikes, a 64-year-old driver with an emergency medical team was killed at the scene.
Initially, 15 people were reported injured. Among them were an 11-year-old girl, a one-month-old baby, seven women and six men. A paramedic and a nurse were also wounded.
The injured were diagnosed with concussions, shrapnel wounds, bruises, blast injuries and closed traumatic brain injuries. Medics assess their condition as moderate and are providing the necessary care.
Later, another casualty was taken to hospital – a 58-year-old man. He sustained fractures to the skull bones, blast injuries and open traumatic brain injuries. He is currently in a coma and in a critical condition. Doctors are fighting for his life.
Another woman sought medical help after the Russian air strike on Kherson’s Korabelnyi District. The 40-year-old sustained a blast injury, concussion, and bruising to her arm and leg. She was prescribed outpatient treatment.
According to the State Emergency Service, the Russians fired eight guided aerial bombs at the city, damaging 10 multi-storey buildings.
The strikes sparked fires and left people trapped under the rubble. During search-and-rescue operations, State Emergency Service rescuers pulled seven people alive from the debris.
Overall, over the past day the city of Kherson and settlements across the region came under air strikes, drone attacks and artillery shelling, including Antonivka, Komyshany, Bilozerka, Kizomys, Velytenske, Dniprovske, Stanislav, Beryslav, Novovorontsovka and other communities.
Russian forces struck critical and social infrastructure as well as residential neighbourhoods. As a result of the shelling, 10 multi-storey buildings and one private house were damaged. A supermarket and private cars were also wrecked.
Nine people were evacuated from the region’s liberated communities.