In the Kherson region, during a drone strike by Russian forces, a civilian woman was killed. According to the head of the regional military administration, Oleksandr Prokudin, a woman born in 1974 died in Sofiyivka: in the hospital she could not be saved after the Russians attacked with a drone around 19:40.
In the hospital, a woman who was attacked by a Russian drone in Sofiyivka around 19:40 today died. Medics fought desperately to save the resident born in 1974. However, the injuries proved fatal.
– Oleksandr Prokudin
It is also reported that a 63-year-old man – a resident of the village of Novoberislav – was killed as a result of the attack. On January 15, Russian forces shelled a house in this village, under the rubble of which a person died.
Russian forces regularly employ various types of weapons – strike drones, missiles, KABs (guided air bombs), MLRS – in attacks on Ukrainian regions.
The leadership of Russia denies targeted strikes on civilian infrastructure during the full-scale war, claiming that they do not strike civilian objects. Ukrainian authorities and international organizations classify these actions as war crimes by the Russian Federation and emphasize their deliberate nature.
Context of events
The prolonged conflict on the southern front continues with numerous strikes on civilian infrastructure, underscoring the high level of targeted threat to the region’s population.