Russian forces strike Kherson again, killing a man and a woman; others injured
Russian attacks killed two people in the city of Kherson on the morning of August 2, 2025, according to the Kherson Oblast Military Administration.
A Russian attack on Kherson’s Korabelnyi District fatally injured a 68-year-old woman. The same attack wounded two others: a 41-year-old man who sustained blast trauma and multiple injuries to his torso and limbs, while a 79-year-old man also suffered blast trauma.
Russian forces bombarded a residential building in the Dniprovskyi District. Rescue workers recovered the body of a man from under the rubble.
Russian artillery struck Bilozerka at 05:00 in the oblast. The attack injured two local men, aged 56 and 55, while they were at home.
Russian attacks killed a woman and injured nine others in Kherson Oblast on August 1.
According to Yaroslav Shanko, head of the Kherson City Military Administration, at around 06:40, occupying forces struck the Dniprovskyi District. The attack fatally injured a 51-year-old woman.”
Oleksandr Prokudin, head of the Kherson Oblast Military Administration, reported that three girls, aged 17, 15, and 14, were hospitalised and remain under doctors’ supervision. They have been diagnosed with an acute stress reaction.
On July 27, the Russian military killed a 58-year-old woman during an attack on Kherson’s central District.
According to Prokudin, the woman suffered critical injuries in the strike and died at a hospital despite medical efforts.
Russian troops also launched a large-scale attack with drones and artillery on Kherson’s Dniprovskyi district on July 25. They killed one person and wounded seven others.
Earlier, Bohdan Bernatskyy, a member of the Sanctions Policy Working Group of the Crimean Platform Expert Network, revealed at the Third Parliamentary Summit in Latvia that over 1,300 Russian military companies and 2 million industrial workers continue to operate, many without international restrictions.
As is known, including China, North Korea, India, and Brazil, assist Moscow in killing citizens of Ukraine in Russia’s war, including funding the Russian budget through trade.
Previously, Reuters reported that Russian energy giant Gazprom’s average daily natural gas supplies to Europe increased by 37% in July from a month earlier, when maintenance work reduced them.
The New York Times reported that Indian officials have affirmed their intention to continue purchasing discounted crude oil from Russia despite recent statements by U.S. President Donald Trump regarding financial penalties for trading with the aggressor state.
Meanwhile, Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin made his first public comments in Russia’s Valaam Island regarding talks to end Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and the ultimatum that US President Donald Trump issued.
Accused of a war crime by the International Criminal Court, Putin addressed his comments to those who are “disappointed” with Russia’s policies, without directly naming Trump or anyone else. He stated that, as for any disappointment felt by anyone, all disappointment stems from excessive expectations.
Putin also has declared that his ultimatum to Ukraine, outlined in the summer of 2024, remains unchanged.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on Moscow to move beyond exchanging statements and holding technical-level meetings and engage in leader-level dialogue.
Zelenskyy also noted that Ukrainian authorities acknowledge and support US President Donald Trump’s efforts to end Russia’s war, stop the killings, and achieve a dignified and lasting peace.
“We have heard the statements coming out of Russia. If these are signals of a genuine willingness to end the war with dignity and establish a truly lasting peace – and not merely an attempt to buy more time for war or delay sanctions – then Ukraine once again reaffirms its readiness to meet at the level of leaders at any time. We understand who makes the decisions in Russia and who must end this war. The whole world understands this, too. Ukraine calls for moving beyond the exchange of statements and technical-level meetings to talks between leaders. The United States has proposed this. Ukraine has supported it. What is needed is Russia’s readiness.”
“We are grateful to everyone around the world who supports peace efforts and helps us protect lives,” the Ukrainian president said.
UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy stated in an interview with The Guardian that he does not believe that Putin is currently ready for serious negotiations on peace in Ukraine. Putin still has maximalist and imperialist ambitions.
