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Air Delivered event in Kherson, Korabelnyi District area, Ukraine on Sat 17th October 2026

17th October 2026

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Russian airstrikes on Kherson kill ambulance driver and injure civilians, including children.

Russian forces have launched airstrikes on the city of Kherson, killing an ambulance driver and injuring civilians, including children.

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

Details: Kherson City Military Administration initially reported that a female paramedic had been injured in a double-tap airstrike in the Korabelnyi district.

It later emerged that the number of people injured in the Russian airstrike had risen to four.

The administration then reported that another person had been injured: a 73-year-old woman.

Meanwhile, Shanko said that a family with a one-month-old baby had been injured in a Russian airstrike on Kherson in the morning.

He also said that an 11-year-old girl had sustained injuries.

He wrote later that an ambulance driver had died from his injuries.

Quote from Shanko: "The latest victim of Russian terrorists is a 64-year-old man who worked as an ambulance driver. He has sustained fatal injuries."

Update: The number of people injured in Russian airstrikes on Kherson in the morning has risen to 12.

Update: After 07:00, Shanko said that Kherson had come under attack from Russian aircraft, artillery and drones throughout the previous day.

Houses and high-rise residential buildings, social infrastructure facilities, an office building, cars and lorries were damaged.

Quote from Shanko: "One person has been killed and 13 injured, including two children, as a result of Russian attacks on the Kherson hromada ."

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