Russians kill elderly woman in Kherson
Russian armed forces shelled Kherson with artillery on the morning of May 22, killing an 85-year-old woman, according to Oleksandr Prokudin, Head of the Kherson Oblast Military Administration and the Kherson Oblast Prosecutor’s Office.
The law enforcement officers have initiated criminal proceedings in connection with the commission of a war crime that caused the death of a person (Article 438.2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
Prokudin expressed his condolences to the family and friends of the woman killed in the attack.
Prokudin also reported that on May 18, Russians dropped an explosive device from a drone on a 76-year-old local resident in the village of Vesele in the Kherson Oblast, killing him on the spot.
On the afternoon of May 15, Russian forces struck the city of Kherson with artillery, killing a woman. According to the Kherson Oblast Prosecutor’s Office, a 49-year-old woman sustained fatal injuries as a result of the shelling.
On the previous day, 34 settlements in the Kherson Oblast and the city of Kherson faced Russian drone attacks, artillery shelling, and airstrikes. Russians targeted social infrastructure and residential areas, damaging a high-rise building, 12 houses, and several cars. They also injured nine people on May 14.
At around 11:00 am on May 6, they killed a 55-year-old woman in the village of Komyshany. Data from the oblast military administration indicates that on May 4, thirty-three settlements in the oblast, including the city of Kherson, came under Russian drone attacks, artillery shelling, and airstrikes.
Russian troops targeted social infrastructure and residential areas of settlements in the oblast, damaging two apartment buildings and nine houses. The Russians also damaged a cell tower, gas pipelines, a warehouse, and cars.
At around 17:00 on May 5, Russian army personnel shelled Tomyna Balka in the Kherson region and killed a 72-year-old man when he was in his yard.
In other relevant war news, as reported by Radio Liberty, European Commissioner for Energy Dan Jørgensen said that despite a significant reduction in Russian energy consumption, the European Union paid 23 billion euros for Russian energy during 2024.
“Before 2022, half of the coal we imported into the EU was Russian. We have completely stopped imports. The share of oil has decreased from 27% to 3%. And finally, regarding gas: from 45% of our gas coming from Russia in 2022, to 13% today. However, last year, we still paid Russia 23 billion euros for energy imports,” Jørgensen emphasized.
