Russian drone strikes kill man in Kherson Oblast, injure another on New Year’s Eve
The Kherson Oblast Prosecutor’s Office reported that a 47-year-old man was killed after Russian forces attacked the village of Novovorontsovka in Kherson Oblast on December 31, 2025.
The Prosecutor’s Office said Russian forces hit a street in the village in the Beryslav District with a drone. The 47-year-old man was killed when explosives were dropped from the drone.
Later in the village of Bilozerka, a 52-year-old man was injured after explosives were dropped from a UAV. He suffered shrapnel wounds to the face. The attack also damaged a medical facility’s service vehicle.
To provide background, the National Police reported that as a result of shelling by the Russian military over the 24-hour period of December 29, 2025, three civilians were killed in the Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, and Kherson regions, and more than 10 others sustained injuries, including in the Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions.
Despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s promise, the war in Ukraine has not ended 24 hours after his inauguration. His further attempts to facilitate an unconditional ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine have also failed. U.S. President Donald Trump refuses to impose further sanctions on Russia. Numerous expert points out that the United States of America is pressuring the victim country, not the aggressor country.
