An attacked car. Stock photo: Antypenko
Russian forces carried out several drone attacks on Kherson on the morning of 18 July, injuring nine people, including a 14-year-old boy.
Source: Kherson Oblast Military Administration
Details: At around 08:35, a Russian drone hit a car in the Korabelnyi district of the city. Five people were injured – two men aged 48 and 45, two women aged 37 and 52 and a 14-year-old boy.
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They were diagnosed with blast injuries and closed head injuries were suffering from concussion. Two of the men also sustained shrapnel wounds and limb injuries.
At approximately 08:40, a drone attacked a 66-year-old woman in the same district. Medics treated her at the scene; she declined hospitalisation.
At around 09:10, again in the Korabelnyi district, two more men were hit by a drone strike. They sustained blast injuries.
In addition, a 72-year-old woman was taken to hospital after being injured in a morning drone attack in the Dniprovskyi district of Kherson. She was diagnosed with a blast injury, an open leg fracture and wounds to the abdomen and face.
Read also: Every drone is hunting you here: life in Kherson under constant Russian attacks
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