Russians struck a minibus in Kherson with a drone: 9 people were injured

On the morning of 3 April, Russian forces attacked a minibus in Kherson using a drone. Nine people were injured in the strike.

This was reported by the National Police of the Kherson region.

According to the Regional Military Administration, at around 08:30 a drone struck a minibus in the Dniprovskyi district of the city. Initially, five people were reported injured.

Later, the head of the Regional Military Administration, Yaroslav Shanko, clarified that the number of casualties had risen to seven. A 19-year-old girl, three women aged 68, 50 and 43, and three men aged 71, 63 and 51 were taken to hospital.

«All the victims have blast injuries and closed head injuries, as well as multiple shrapnel wounds to their arms, legs and torsos,» he said.

In Kherson on 3 April, a Russian drone struck a minibus. Photo: National Police

In Kherson on 3 April, a Russian drone struck a minibus. Photo: National Police

On 3 April, a Russian drone struck a minibus in Kherson. Photo: National Police

Later, the head of the СMA added that the 51-year-old minibus driver is in a critical condition. He has been diagnosed with multiple injuries to the abdomen and legs.

«Doctors are fighting for his life. The other six injured are in a moderately serious condition,» Shanko noted.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs later added that the number of injured had risen to nine.

In particular, a 59-year-old man suffered blast injuries and a concussion; he has been hospitalised. A 56-year-old woman sustained blast injuries and a shrapnel wound to the head; she will receive outpatient treatment.

As a reminder, on 2 April, Russian troops attacked 43 settlements in the Kherson region. One person was killed and 18 others were injured in the shelling, including a child.