Kherson Region Drone Attacks Injure 6 Civilians

Russian forces conducted a series of drone strikes across the Kherson region on Saturday morning, Sept. 5, injuring six civilians. In the regional capital, drone drops in the Korabelnyi district at approximately 8:00 a.m local time. injured two men, aged 62 and 77, on the street.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. The Kherson City Military Administration reported that one sustained a shrapnel wound to the chest, while the other suffered a traumatic finger amputation. Earlier, at 7:00 a.m., police transported a 59-year-old man to the hospital with explosive trauma from a separate drone attack. In the village of Molodizhne, drone strikes around 6:30 a.m. injured three women. The Kherson Regional Military Administration reported that two women, aged 56 and 60, sustained shrapnel wounds to their arms, requiring the hospitalization of the older victim. A third victim, a 56-year-old nurse, suffered a concussion and shrapnel wounds to her arm and leg while traveling to work. Kamianske and Mykolaiv strikes The morning drone assaults follow a fatal ballistic missile strike on an industrial enterprise in Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk region, which killed five people and injured five others early Saturday. Concurrently, Russian jet-powered “Shahed” drones struck an Epicenter shopping center in Mykolaiv late Friday and early Saturday, injuring a 72-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl in consecutive strikes. The weekend strikes follow a Russian attack on the Kyiv region on Friday, which damaged a nine-story residential building in the city of Boryspil. The Kyiv Regional Military Administration reported that the strike ignited a fire on the roof and in an upper-floor apartment, prompting an emergency response. Other Topics of Interest Ukrainian Refugees Leave Poland Amid Rising Tensions Ukrainian refugees are increasingly relocating from Poland to Germany and the Czech Republic amid a 30% rise in reported hate crimes. The ongoing Russian aerial campaign coincides with President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Friday announcement proposing a mutual halt to air strikes during an upcoming diplomatic mission. Zelensky stated that Ukraine would refrain from conducting strikes during the scheduled visit of US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow, explicitly calling on Russia to observe the same pause. Kyiv Post is Ukraine’s first and oldest English news organization, reporting since 1995. Its international reach – 97% of readers are outside of Ukraine – make it truly Ukraine’s global voice.