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Russia pounds Kherson; 2 women killed, 20 wounded - photos

Russian forces attacked Kherson with strike drones and artillery from late on Oct. 23 into the morning of Oct. 24, sparking fires, damaging homes, and killing two women while wounding 22 people, including three children, the Kherson Oblast Military Administration reported on Telegram.

24 October 2025, 02:15 PM

Analysts debunk Russian claims of Kherson bridgehead

The Kremlin is falsely portraying Russian forces as having established a bridgehead on the right (west) bank of Kherson Oblast in a new bid to wage cognitive warfare against Ukraine and its partners, the U.S.-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said in its Oct. 23 report.

24 October 2025, 01:34 PM

Russian drones attack Kherson, injuring three

Russian forces attacked Kherson with strike drones overnight, a fire broke out and casualties reported, local military administration wrote on Oct. 24.

24 October 2025, 10:33 AM

Russia redeploys 98th Airborne Division from Chasiv Yar area to reinforce troops in Kherson Oblast

Russia is likely redeploying elements of its 98th Airborne Division from the Kramatorsk area near Chasiv Yar to the Kherson front, the Institute for the Study of War said in its latest report on Oct. 2.

2 October 2025, 01:48 PM

Russia pounds Kherson with 15 bombs

Russian forces hit the Ukrainian frontline city of Kherson with about 15 bombs on Sept. 26 morning, damaging an administrative building and nine private houses, regional Governor Oleksandr Prokudin reported on Telegram shortly after the series of strikes.

26 September 2025, 11:15 AM

Russian drone hits Red Cross vehicle in Kherson

A Russian drone strike in Kherson seriously damaged a Ukrainian Red Cross vehicle and injured two staff members, the organization said on Sept. 16.

17 September 2025, 12:36 PM

Russia shells Kherson with artillery and drone, killing one and wounding three

Russia struck Kherson with artillery and a drone on the morning of Aug. 27, leaving one person dead and three others wounded, according to local authorities.

27 August 2025, 09:58 AM

Russian drones step up attacks on Kherson–Mykolaiv highway, target civilian vehicles

Russian drones have increased activity along the Kherson–Mykolaiv highway, prompting officials to urge residents to avoid the route. The warning came from Kherson regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin, who said drone activity along the M-14 Kherson–Mykolaiv highway has been high since Aug. 25.

26 August 2025, 10:14 AM

Moscow’s demands to Kyiv: all of Donbas and no Western troops in Ukraine

The Kremlin is demanding that Ukraine cede control of the entire Donbas region, renounce its NATO aspirations, and bar foreign troops from its territory, Reuters reported on Aug. 21, citing two people familiar with Moscow’s position.

21 August 2025, 08:40 PM

Russia strikes Kherson's Korabel district for third day, hits Ostrovsky Bridge, one dead

Russia continued airstrikes on the Korabel district of Kherson for a third day, killing a man, officials said on Telegram on Aug. 3.

3 August 2025, 08:48 PM

Russian strike kills mother of three in Kherson

A mother of three children was killed by Russian shelling in the southern Ukrainian administrative center of Kherson, regional Governor Olexander Prokudin reported on Telegram early on Aug. 1.

1 August 2025, 09:37 AM

Russia tries to starve out Kherson as military landing becomes impossible

Russian forces, realizing they cannot launch a military landing on the right (western) bank of the Dnipro River, are trying to break the will of Kherson residents through constant terror, military observer Denys Popovych told Radio NV on July 30.

31 July 2025, 10:30 AM

Russia shells historic Kherson theater

Kherson’s Mykola Kulish Regional Academic Music and Drama Theater was damaged by Russian shelling, Oleksandr Knyga, the theater’s general and artistic director wrote on Facebook on July 21, posting photos of the damaged building.

22 July 2025, 01:49 PM

Russian drone strikes car of Kherson chief rabbi

The Russian troops attacked the car of Kherson’s chief rabbi, Yosef Wolf, using an FPV drone, Ukraine's chief rabbi, Moshe Reuven Azman, wrote on Facebook late on July 17.

18 July 2025, 08:45 AM

Russian drones destroy Kherson’s historic palace of culture

Russian troops launched another massive drone attack on Kherson, destroying one of the city’s most iconic structures in its historic district, the State Emergency Service reported on Telegram on July 14.

16 July 2025, 07:07 PM

Russian attacks target civilians, killing 1, wounding 10

Russian forces attacked the city of Kherson several times on the morning of July 8, resulting in one death and 10 injuries, according to a Telegram post by the Kherson City Council.

8 July 2025, 02:59 PM

Double-tap tactic: Russian forces target rescuers in Kharkiv and Kherson

Russian forces carried out deliberate double-strike attacks on emergency workers in Kharkiv and Kherson on July 6, hitting them after they responded to initial strikes, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service reported.

6 July 2025, 03:33 PM

Russia shells hospital in Kherson, injuring patients and nurses

Five patients and three nurses were injured in a Russian artillery strike on a hospital in Ukraine’s southern administrative center of Kherson late on July 1, regional Governor Oleksandr Prokudin reported on Telegram the following morning, posting photos of the aftermath.

2 July 2025, 06:52 AM

Kherson woman killed in 2024 detention center shelling refused to work with Russian occupiers

Tetiana Dmytrenko, a 53-year-old Kherson resident who resigned from her job at the local pre-trial detention center during Russia’s occupation, was killed by Russian shelling at the facility on July 2, 2024, the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine reported, sharing her story.

24 June 2025, 05:15 PM

Russian forces strike Kherson Oblast — two killed, 34 injured

Russian forces shelled multiple settlements in Kherson Oblast, killing two people and injuring 34 more on June 17, regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin reported on June 18.

18 June 2025, 01:30 PM

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