Russian-installed official says Ukrainian drone strike killed two civilians in Kherson region
Moscow-appointed Kherson region head Vladimir Saldo said a Ukrainian drone attack on a passenger car killed a man and a 15-year-old girl near Rykovo in the Genichesk district.
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Vladimir Saldo, the Moscow-installed head of Russia's occupied Kherson region, said a Ukrainian drone attacked a passenger car near the village of Rykovo in the Genichesk district on Wednesday morning, killing two people.
According to Saldo's account, the victims were a man described as the father of 13 children and a 15-year-old girl, identified as his daughter. The claim was reported by Russian state news agency TASS, which cited Saldo directly.
The report did not include independent confirmation of the incident from Ukrainian authorities or other sources, and the circumstances of the strike could not be independently verified at the time of publication.
The Kherson region has been partially occupied by Russian forces since early in the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and the area has continued to see military activity, including drone and artillery strikes, as fighting continues nearby.
Both Russian and Ukrainian officials have periodically issued competing accounts of civilian casualties in contested border and frontline areas, with claims from either side often difficult to verify independently given ongoing restrictions on access to combat zones.
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- Ukrainian drone attack kills father of 13 children, 15-year-old daughter in Kherson Region — TASS (Russia)
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