Kherson

Over the three years of war, the Vadym Stolar Foundation has helped 3 million Ukrainians through various support projects. The organization supplies the military, provides psychological assistance, and conducts humanitarian missions in different regions of Ukraine.

The SBI detained a division commander who extorted money from servicemen for vacations and under the threat of punishment. The official received about one million hryvnias, equipment and other benefits from his subordinates during 2023-2024.

On February 24, it will be three years since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. During this time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have destroyed over 800,000 occupiers, liberated significant territories, but have lost over 12,000 civilians.

A 45-year-old man was attacked by an enemy drone in the Dniprovsky district of Kherson. The victim lost both legs and received multiple injuries, and doctors are now fighting for his life.

Enemy troops shelled settlements in Kherson region with various types of weapons, including drones and artillery. As a result of the attacks, a police officer and a local resident were wounded, and houses and cars were damaged.

Russian troops in Crimea and in the occupied territories of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions have received orders for enhanced security measures for February 23-24. The military is prohibited from wearing uniforms outside of their units and ordered to observe the “dry law”.

Terrorist forces shelled 32 settlements in Kherson region, damaging civilian infrastructure. As a result of the attacks, 1 person was killed and 4 people were injured.

In Kostyantynivka, three Russian airstrikes using FAB-250s killed one person and wounded two others. Nine private houses were damaged, and criminal proceedings were initiated.

Russians are deliberately attacking Ukraine's gas production and energy facilities in an attempt to cause a humanitarian catastrophe. Following the latest attacks in the south of the country, power engineers have been restoring heat supply in Mykolaiv and Odesa around the clock.

A 24-year-old woman was wounded in the village of Inzhenerne as a result of an enemy drone strike. The victim sustained a mine-blast trauma and shrapnel wound to her thigh, she was hospitalized.

Rescuers have found the body of the last person missing after a Russian air strike on a high-rise building in Kherson. The victim was the mother of 13-year-old twins who were wounded in the attack.

Rescuers have found the body of a man under the rubble of a multi-storey building in Kherson destroyed by a Russian air strike. At least 6 people, including 2 children, were injured in the nighttime air strike.

Russian troops attacked Kherson with guided aerial bombs, hitting a 9-story building. Six people were injured, including 2 children, and rescuers continue to clear the rubble.

A Russian drone attack in Odesa damaged civilian infrastructure and residential buildings, injuring a 55-year-old man. Part of the city was left without heating due to damage to the heating main.

A Russian guided aerial bomb hit a multi-storey building in the Dniprovsky district of Kherson late on February 19. The victims were 13-year-old twins and a 47-year-old man, all of whom sustained mine-blast injuries.

A 24-year-old man from Vinnytsia fell through the ice while ice skating. The man was rescued by passers-by who pulled him out of the water before the rescuers arrived.

Russian troops attacked Kherson region, injuring 7 people, including a child. 11 houses, infrastructure and transport were damaged, and two Shahed drones were shot down by air defense.

Serhiy Zhadan, Akhtem Seitablaev, and other cultural figures joined the #unread_poems project. The initiative aims to revive the work of little-known poets who were killed in the 1920s and 30s.

A Russian strike damaged a critical infrastructure facility in Kherson. 2,500 consumers in one of the city's neighborhoods were left without electricity.

The SBU detained a former teacher of a Kherson school who helped the occupiers take 6 children to Crimea. The suspect tried to avoid justice by hiding in Kyiv after the liberation of Kherson.

Last week, 22 people, including 6 children, died on Ukrainian water bodies. The tragic incidents occurred in Kherson and Odesa regions, where children fell through the ice.

Since the start of the war in Ukraine, 763,759 new individual entrepreneurs (FOP) have opened, and 684,995 have closed. The most popular sectors are retail trade and IT, and the share of women entrepreneurs has grown to 61%.

Hostile shelling in Kherson damaged power grids in Dniprovsky, Central and Korabelny districts. Power engineers are working to restore power supply.

An agent of the ATES movement from among the Russian military poured sugar into the fuel tank of the RP-377LA electronic warfare system. The malfunction was discovered only three days later, and the saboteur successfully escaped.

Snow has fallen in most of the territory of Ukraine, in the south - rain with snow. To ensure passage on roads of national importance, 1321 units of equipment and 1562 workers have been involved.

Active movement of enemy drones was recorded in Ukrainian airspace over Kherson, Dnipro, Poltava, Mykolaiv and Kirovohrad regions. The greatest threat of attacks is in Kryvyi Rih, Poltava and Mykolaiv.

In the Velyko Oleksandrivska community in Kherson region, 5 children fell through the thin ice on the river. Two of the victims were rescued, while the search for three children, the youngest of whom is 9 years old, continues.

In the Korabelny district of Kherson, a Russian drone dropped explosives on a civilian car. A 24-year-old man suffered multiple injuries and was hospitalized.

The occupants struck at residential areas of the Korabelny district of Kherson, killing a 69-year-old woman. The body of the deceased was taken out from under the rubble after a direct hit of an enemy shell into the house.

About 10 Ukrainian ex-prisoners deported from Kherson to Russia have found themselves without documents in Georgia. The people are waiting for a “white passport” from the Ukrainian embassy, having been left without housing and food.