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Projectile event in Kherson, Kherson area, Ukraine on Mon 16th February 2026

16th February 2026

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On 16 February 2026, Russian Forces struck, including with drones, Kherson, Kherson, damaging a hospital and a car, and injuring 2 medical workers and another 2 civilians in the city. Russian drone attacked a fire truck of State Emergency Service of Ukraine when an emergency crew was putting out a fire after a prior strike; the fire truck was damaged. During the day, Russian strikes and shelling damaged critical and social infrastructure, residential buildings, including 3 apartment buildings and 6 houses, an administrative building, a household, a gas pipeline, a truck and cars, and injured 6 civilians in the Kherson region.

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Kherson ( Kherson area )

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