Kherson
The Russian army attacked Kherson on August 1, shelling residential areas of the Korabelnyi district. A 78-year-old woman and a 54-year-old man were injured, both hospitalized.
Four SES rescuers were injured as a result of enemy strikes in Donetsk and Kherson regions. In Kostiantynivka, a UAV attacked a fire brigade during evacuation, and in Kherson, an FPV drone hit a rescuers' truck.
The mother of Ukrainian model Maria Kovalchuk, Hanna, prematurely ended her conversation with TV host Oleksiy Sukhanov. The reason was questions regarding her interview with Russian journalist Ksenia Sobchak, which was released earlier than the agreed exclusive with the Ukrainian TV channel.
Elon Musk ordered the Starlink terminals in the Kherson region to be disabled in September 2022, which caused communication disruptions and hindered the encirclement of Russian positions. This incident was the first known case of Starlink being disabled on the battlefield, raising concerns about the billionaire's influence on geopolitics.
President Zelenskyy stated that there are no Russian children in Ukraine, commenting on Russia's demands for the return of 20 Russian children and 30 residents of the Kursk region. Head of the Presidential Office Yermak added that Russia provided information on only a portion of the abducted Ukrainian children.
In Kherson, as a result of an enemy UAV attack on a vehicle, a utility company employee born in 1972 was killed. Two of his colleagues sustained severe injuries, and medics are fighting for their lives.
As a result of the morning combined Russian attack on the Dniprovskyi district of Kherson, a person was seriously wounded. Cars and multi-story buildings were damaged; the enemy deliberately targeted residential areas.
Since the beginning of the day, 130 combat engagements have been recorded on the front line, 43 of which occurred in the Pokrovsk direction. Russian troops used 1156 kamikaze drones, 4 missiles, 91 guided bombs, and carried out 3821 shellings.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported 92 combat engagements over the day, 25 of which took place in the Pokrovsk direction. Russian troops continue to storm the positions of Ukrainian defenders, as well as shell border settlements.
Andriy Yermak reported that Russia provided fragmented information regarding less than a fifth of the children from a list of 339 names. There is no information about more than 200 children, including those from the Kherson Children's Home.
A 48-year-old woman was injured as a result of artillery shelling of Novoandriivka in the Orikhiv community. Houses were damaged, the injured person was hospitalized.
Russian military carried out air strikes on Kherson. As a result of the attack, a 75-year-old woman was injured and hospitalized with an explosive injury.
Starting August 1, "Ukrzaliznytsia" launches a new train No. 209/210 Mykolaiv – Ivano-Frankivsk. It will run every other day, connecting the southern regions with the Carpathians.
As a result of the morning shelling of the Dniprovskyi district of Kherson on July 23, a 66-year-old woman died. The fatal injuries were caused by another enemy shelling.
In Kherson, a 48-year-old man sustained an explosive injury and multiple shrapnel wounds as a result of a night attack by an enemy drone on an infrastructure facility. The injured person was taken to the hospital.
This morning, a 69-year-old man died in Beryslav as a result of enemy shelling. He sustained injuries incompatible with life.
In Dnipropetrovsk region, five people were injured as a result of Russian attacks, houses, a gas pipeline, power grids, and a farm were damaged. A garage caught fire in Nikopol, and grain was destroyed in the Vasylkivska community.
Russian troops shelled the village of Zymivnyk near Kherson, wounding a 17-year-old girl and her 51-year-old father. Both were hospitalized with blast injuries and other wounds.
On July 19, Russian troops attacked Kherson with drones, as a result of which two local residents were injured. A 59-year-old man was hospitalized with a mine-explosive injury, and a 40-year-old man sustained a contusion and abrasions.
On July 18, Russian troops attacked 32 settlements in the Kherson region, as a result of which one person was killed and 12 were injured. Critical and social infrastructure, residential areas, an apartment building, and 9 private houses were damaged.
In Kherson, two men, aged 28 and 34, were injured as a result of a Russian drone attack on a private house. They were hospitalized with blast and craniocerebral injuries; one was diagnosed with a shrapnel wound to the shin.
In Kherson Oblast, Russian military killed a 35-year-old man with a drone strike while he was riding a bicycle. Also, during the night, a fire department in Vysoky and the Central Market in Kherson were attacked.
The car of Yosef-Yitzhak Wolff, the chief rabbi of Kherson and the region, was directly hit by a drone. The rabbi and his family, who were in the car, were not injured, but the car was seriously damaged.
On the evening of July 17, the Russian army attacked the Dniprovskyi district of Kherson with a drone. A 72-year-old man sustained a mine-explosive injury, shrapnel wounds to the chest, and a broken arm.
Russian occupiers shelled settlements in Kherson Oblast, as a result of which two people were killed and 18 were injured. Residential buildings, infrastructure, and transport were damaged.
The Kherson City Court sentenced the former deputy head of the Northern Correctional Colony No. 90 to 14 years in prison. He defected to the occupiers, created an illegal prison, and received a Russian passport.
As a result of the night shelling of Kherson, three civilians sustained blast and craniocerebral injuries. The injured have been hospitalized and are under medical supervision.
Seven collaborators have been detained in Kherson who helped implement the Russian regime during the occupation. Among them are guards of torture chambers, a member of the Russian Interior Ministry's "special detachment," a pseudo-referendum agitator, and officials of the occupation "structures."
Russian occupiers struck a garbage truck in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region. Over the past day, Russians carried out 3387 strikes along the front line and residential areas, killing seven people and injuring nine.
In the Zaporizhzhia region, a 58-year-old man was killed as a result of enemy artillery shelling of the Stepnohirsk community. His body was found after the strike on a residential area.