UAV event in Kherson area, Ukraine on Fri 4th September 2026

Russian forces attack bus in Kherson and civilians across oblast: one killed, 17 injured – video.

Russian forces have struck a bus with a drone in Kherson, killing one man and injuring another 12 people. Russian troops have also attacked civilians in the city and elsewhere in Kherson Oblast, injuring at least five others.

Source: Yaroslav Shanko, Head of Kherson City Military Administration; Oleksandr Prokudin, Head of Kherson Oblast Military Administration; Kherson City Military Administration; Kherson Oblast Military Administration

Update: Shanko reported that the Russian drone strike on a bus in Kherson's Tsentralnyi ("Central") district killed a 47-year-old man and injured another 10 people.

Prokudin reported that another five people were taken to hospital: a 55-year-old man and women aged 56, 61, 54 and 50. They were diagnosed with blast injuries and multiple shrapnel wounds.

Kherson Oblast Military Administration later reported that the number of people injured in the attack on the bus had risen to 12. Two more people sought medical assistance – a 45-year-old man and a 73-year-old woman. They were diagnosed with blast injuries, concussion and shock. The man also sustained bodily injuries.

Quote from Shanko: "Russian terrorists [soldiers – ed.] continue to deliberately target public transport in Kherson, putting civilians at risk. At around 11:00, the enemy struck a bus with a drone in the city's Tsentralnyi district. A 25-year-old woman from Kherson who was at a public transport stop at the time was injured in the attack."

Details: Shanko said the woman had sustained a blast injury and a shrapnel wound to her left leg and had been taken to hospital.

Prokudin initially reported that civilians had been killed and injured in the attack. He said a car was also hit.

Kherson Oblast Military Administration added that three people had been taken to hospital. A 67-year-old man and two women, aged 61 and 69, were diagnosed as suffering from shrapnel wounds, concussion, blast injuries and closed head injuries.

In addition, at around 09:00, Russian forces attacked Kherson's Tsentralnyi district, leaving a 54-year-old man with a blast injury and concussion.

At approximately 11:40, Russian forces attacked a 61-year-old woman with a drone in Kherson's Korabelnyi district. She was diagnosed as suffering from shrapnel wounds to her leg, concussion, a blast injury and a closed head injury.

Civilians elsewhere in Kherson Oblast also came under Russian attack. At around 06:50, Russian forces struck a car with a drone on a road near the village of Novoraisk in the Beryslav district, injuring two men aged 47 and 59. They were taken to hospital with blast injuries, concussion and thermal burns.

At approximately 09:30, Russian forces attacked an elderly man with a drone in the village of Mikilske in the Darivka hromada. The 73-year-old local resident sustained a blast injury, multiple shrapnel wounds and a fractured arm. He was taken to hospital. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]