Woman attacked by Russian drone in Kherson Oblast dies in intensive care
A 56-year-old woman from the village of Zmiivka in the Kherson Oblast died in a hospital on August 24, 2024, following a Russian UAV strike.
The Kherson Oblast Military Administration reported that the woman suffered an open head injury in a Russian drone attack on Tuesday afternoon, August 27.
Russians are launching widespread drone strikes against Ukrainian civilians in Kherson Oblast“Despite doctors’ best efforts, her injuries proved too severe. The woman’s heart stopped that evening in the intensive care unit,” stated the administration in its report.
Additionally, forensic examiners received the body of another fatality, a resident of the village of Sadove. This 65-year-old man died from injuries sustained in a Russian bombardment on August 27.
Earlier, on August 22, 2024, Russian Armed Forces attacked the village of Tomaryne in the Kherson Oblast, killing an 87-year-old woman.
Oleksandr Prokudin, head of the Kherson Oblast Military Administration, reported that the settlements of Tomyna Balka, Komyshany, Antonivka, Novoberyslav, Mykilske, Novodmytrivka, Tokarivka, Beryslav, Zolota Balka, Kizomys, Veletenske, Novovorontsovka, Sadove, Prydniprovske, Bilozerka, Pryozerne, Poniativka, Shliakhove, Chervonyi Maiak, Vysoke, Novooleksandrivka, Vesele, Olhivka, Burhunka and the city of Kherson came under Russian fire and airstrikes over the past day.
The Russian troops struck critical infrastructure, including a shopping centre, educational and medical institutions, churches, office buildings and a catering establishment, along with the oblast’s residential areas, including seven apartment buildings and 36 houses. They also damaged a water supply system, outbuildings, a garage, cars and agricultural machinery.
The Russian aggression resulted in one death and 18 injuries.
On August 21, 2024, Russian Armed Forces killed a resident of Antonivka, near the City of Kherson, in a drone strike. Roman Mrochko, head of the Kherson City Military Administration, reported on social media that the 84-year-old woman was in her yard when the Russians attacked. She suffered a fatal blast injury.
Mrochko also reported that two men from Kindiivka were wounded and hospitalized in Kherson that day after Russians targeted their car with a drone. A 66-year-old man sustained a blast injury, a shrapnel wound to his left foot and a partial traumatic amputation of his right foot. The other, a 52-year-old man, sustained a blast injury and shrapnel wound to his thigh.
To provide context, the Russian Federation uses temporarily occupied Crimea as a military foothold for its military aggression from the south of Ukraine, shelling Ukrainian cities from the peninsula. Ukrainian authorities have repeatedly stated the importance of de-occupying the Crimean Peninsula.
The human rights community in Ukraine firmly believes that liberating Crimea will end Russia’s systematic, egregious human rights abuses on the peninsula and its military aggression in the south of Ukraine. To achieve this, they urge countries to provide Ukraine with the weapons and military equipment it needs, and do so promptly.
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Moreover, the human rights community in Ukraine is convinced of the need to suppress Russia’s military-economic machine in order to bring the Russian Federation back within the confines of international law.
