Russian air strike on Ukraine’s Kherson kills one person, injures 19, governor says

• Russian air strike hits Kherson, Ukraine.
• One person killed and 19 injured.
• Victim was an ambulance driver.
• A child was among the injured.
• Attack reported by governor Oleksandr Prokudin.

Updated 17 October 2026 10:10

October 17, 2026 10:10

KYIV: A Russian air strike on Kherson in ‌southern ‌Ukraine killed ‌one person and injured 19 others, governor Oleksandr Prokudin said ‌on ‌Saturday.

The person killed ‌was ‌an ambulance driver, ‌and one child was among the injured, he said on Telegram.