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UAV event in Kherson, Tekstylne area, Ukraine on Thu 23rd April 2026

23rd April 2026

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In the Kherson region, a garbage truck driver was injured as a result of a Russian drone strike on a utility vehicle on the morning of April 23.

Source : Kherson MBA and OVA in Tekegram

Literally the city administration : "Russian occupiers continue to terrorize the civilian population and purposefully attack municipal service workers. In the morning, after 7 a.m., in the village of Tekstilne, the enemy dropped explosives from a drone on a garbage truck... As a result of the strike, one of the municipal enterprise employees was injured."

Details : The OVA clarified that the 49-year-old garbage truck driver suffered a shrapnel wound to the neck, concussion, explosive and closed craniocerebral injuries.

The ambulance took him to the hospital in moderate condition.

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