Russian drone attack in Kherson injures nine, including teenager
On the morning of July 18, Russian forces repeatedly attacked Kherson with drones, injuring nine people, including a 14-year-old boy.
Russian troops carried out several drone attacks on Kherson on the morning of July 18, leaving nine people injured, according to the Kherson Regional Military Administration. The strikes occurred between 8:35 a.m. and 9:10 a.m. local time.
At around 8:35 a.m., a drone struck a car in the Korabelny district. Five people were injured: two men aged 48 and 45, two women aged 37 and 52, and a 14-year-old boy. They were diagnosed with explosive and closed craniocerebral trauma and contusions. Two men also sustained shrapnel wounds and limb injuries.
At approximately 8:40 a.m., a drone hit a 66-year-old woman in the same district. Medics provided assistance on site, and she refused hospitalization.
Around 9:10 a.m., two more men were hit by a drone in the Korabelny district, suffering mine-blast injuries.
Additionally, a 72-year-old woman was taken to the hospital after being injured in a Russian drone attack in the Dnipro district earlier that morning. She was diagnosed with a mine-blast trauma, an open leg fracture, and wounds to the abdomen and face.
