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UAV event in Kherson area, Ukraine on Wed 19th August 2026

19th August 2026

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Two people were killed and one was injured in Russian drone strikes in Kherson on August 19.

Source : Head of the OVA Oleksandr Prokudin and the Kherson Regional Prosecutor's Office on Telegram

Direct speech from the head of the region: "Around 10:00 a.m., a Kherson resident was fatally wounded as a result of an enemy drone hitting her car. Her identity is currently being established.

Details : Another 43-year-old man suffered a blast injury and shrapnel wounds. He was hospitalized.

Updated: Later, Prokudin reported that the Russians had taken the life of another resident of Kherson. An elderly woman was fatally injured in a drone attack in the Dnipro district of the city.

"At around 1:00 p.m., the Russian army directed a drone at one of the streets of Kherson. A 62-year-old woman was in the hit zone and died on the spot," the prosecutor's office noted.

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