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UAV event in Kherson, Dniprovs'kyi District area, Ukraine on Fri 3rd April 2026
3rd April 2026
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Nine people were injured in a Russian strike on a minibus in Kherson on the morning of April 3.
Source : Kherson OVA and Head of Kherson MVA Yaroslav Shanko in Telegram
Verbatim from the regional administration : "At around 08:30, Russians hit a minibus with a UAV in the Dniprovskyi district of Kherson. Previously, five people were injured."
Updated : Later, the head of the Kherson MVA, Yaroslav Shanko, reported that the number of victims had increased to 7.
"A 19-year-old girl, three women aged 68, 50 and 43, and three men aged 71, 63 and 51 were taken to the hospital. All the victims had explosive and closed head injuries, multiple shrapnel wounds to their arms, legs and torsos," the head of the city administration noted.
He later clarified that the 51-year-old bus driver was in serious condition.
"The man received multiple injuries to the abdominal cavity and legs. Hospitals are fighting for his life. The remaining 6 injured are in moderate condition," Shanko reported.
The MVA later added that the number of injured had increased to 9.
In particular, a 59-year-old man suffered a mine-blast injury and a concussion and was hospitalized. A 56-year-old woman suffered a mine-blast injury and a shrapnel wound to the head and will be treated as an outpatient.
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