The Russians hit the church in Kherson twice: there are wounded
Date: 2023-08-03 Author: Кирило Загоруйко Categories: WAR, REGIONS
The Russian invaders fired on a church in the center of Kherson, three people were injured, the head of the Kherson Regional Military District Alexander Prokudin said on Telegram.
"Three passengers of a trolleybus, which was driving past the cathedral at the time of the Russian strike, were wounded. They were hospitalized by an ambulance," he notes.
Prokudin said that a 39-year-old woman and a 53-year-old man are receiving medical assistance and are being examined.
"A 74-year-old grandfather received severe chest wounds and a closed craniocerebral injury, doctors are fighting for his life," he added.
Updated. While extinguishing a fire caused by shelling in St. Catherine's Cathedral, four rescuers were injured during repeated shelling, Serhiy Kruk, head of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, said on Facebook.
He notes that the Russians have been firing at rescuers since the first days of a full-scale invasion, and this morning was no exception.
"Kherson. While extinguishing a fire caused by shelling in St. Catherine's Cathedral, repeated shelling occurred. Four employees of the State Emergency Service were injured. All of them were hospitalized, they are receiving the necessary assistance. Special equipment is damaged," Kruk said.
