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· collected 2026-08-19 · by Al Jazeera Staff
A report from Ukraine says at least five people have been killed and 11 others injured in Russian attacks on the country. In one incident, a Russian drone attack on a bus in Kherson killed four people and wounded four others. The attack was part of a larger escalation in violence, with the United Nations reporting 437 civilian deaths in Ukraine last month alone. Russian forces have been targeting civilians in Kherson, which has seen an uptick in attacks this year, according to authorities.
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At least five people were killed and 11 others injured in Russian attacks on Ukraine. A Russian drone attack on a bus in the front-line city of Kherson, which was under Moscow's control from March to November 2022, killed at least four people and wounded four others. The attack, which occurred at around 8:50am local time (05:50 GMT), targeted bus passengers. This incident marks another instance of civilian casualties in the conflict, which has seen an uptick in such deaths throughout this year, with 437 civilians killed in Ukraine last month alone. Ukrainian authorities have accused Russian forces of deliberately targeting civilians in cities like Kherson.
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At least five people have been killed and 11 others injured in Russian attacks on Ukraine, authorities said.
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A Russian drone attack on a bus in the front-line city of Kherson killed at least four people and wounded four others on Wednesday, Kherson regional Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said.
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The attack took place at about 8:50am local time (05:50 GMT), and all the casualties were bus passengers.
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In a post on the Telegram app, Prokudin said the wounded had been taken to hospital.
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He posted blurred photos of a yellow bus with bloodied steps and shattered windows.
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Russian forces regularly strike Kherson, which was under Moscow’s control from March to November 2022 – the initial months of the war – with drones, in what Ukraine says is the deliberate targeting of civilians.
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Earlier this month, Ukraine accused Russia of chasing a man in a street market in Kherson with a remotely piloted FPV drone, calling it a “safari” targeting civilians.
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The city had a population of about 280,000 before the war began with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
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Russian forces, repelled from the city by a Ukrainian counteroffensive in the last quarter of 2022, are now positioned on the opposite bank of the Dnipro River, which flows past Kherson.
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There has been an uptick in civilian deaths in the conflict throughout this year, the United Nations has reported, with 437 civilians killed in Ukraine last month alone, the highest monthly toll since May 2022.
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Russian authorities reported 79 civilians killed in Ukrainian attacks in July, up from the previous month.
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The four-and-a-half-year war continues to grind on, as United States-backed talks aimed at ending the conflict remain stalled.
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In a separate Russian attack, one person was killed and seven others injured in Ukraine’s southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, according to regional Governor Ivan Fedorov.
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Russian drones struck the regional capital, damaging both residential and nonresidential buildings and causing a fire.
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Meanwhile, Russian forces struck a cargo vessel in the Black Sea near the Ukrainian port of Odesa, Russian news agency Interfax reported, citing the Ministry of Defence.
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The vessel was carrying military cargo, the ministry said.
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It said Russia’s air defence brought down 453 Ukrainian drones overnight in various regions.
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At the same time, Russian authorities were rushing to put out a small fire after a drone fell in an industrial area in the city of Ufa in the Russian republic of Bashkortostan, the republic’s head Radiy Khabirov said on Telegram.
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Khabirov added that a drone hit an apartment building and a few cars in Ufa, an oil refining hub, injuring one person.
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