The Russians hit Kherson: 17 people were injured, including 2- and 4-year-old children

Consequences of the airstrike on Kherson on October 7, screenshot from the video of Kherson OVA

On Monday, October 7, after 10:00 a.m., the Russian occupiers launched an airstrike on Kherson. So far, seventeen victims are known.

This was announced by the head of the Kherson City Military Administration, Roman Mrochko.

He noted that the Russians attacked the city with four anti-tank missiles. Two were hit in the coastal zone of the Central district, two more in the northern part.

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«Preliminarily, 8 people were injured, two of them were children aged 3 and 5. The information is being updated,» the message reads.

Later, the head of the Kherson regional military administration, Oleksandr Prokudin, clarified that around 10:30 Russian troops launched an air strike on Kherson. Four guided aerial bombs were dropped on the city.

A previously destroyed school and a residential building in the Tsentralnyi district were hit. Currently, 17 victims are known.

Among the victims are two children. A 2-year-old boy and a 4-year-old girl were taken to the hospital with blast injuries and shrapnel wounds to their legs. Their condition is stable.

Also, 14 more people are currently receiving the necessary medical assistance at the medical facility: six men and eight women. One victim, an elderly woman, was treated on the spot by the ambulance crew.

We will remind that last day, on October 6, 15 settlements of the Kherson region were attacked by the Russian army. As a result of Russian aggression, five people were injured.