Two women injured in Russian attack on Kherson Oblast

What Happened

On 19 September, two women were killed in separate Russian attacks in Kherson Oblast, according to Oleksandr Prokudin, Head of Kherson Oblast Military Administration. Prokudin reported that at around 11:10 Russian forces artillery shelled the settlement of Novovorontsovka, fatally injuring a woman whose identity was still being established. He added that at around 12:50 a Russian Molniya drone struck a 62-year-old woman in the village of Lvivski Otruby in the Tiahynka hromada, killing her instantly. The article's headline describes the women as 'injured', but Prokudin's statement and the body of the report describe fatalities.

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Why It Matters

The attacks illustrate the continued threat to civilians in Ukrainian-controlled parts of Kherson Oblast, where Russian forces regularly use artillery and first-person-view drones, including the Molniya type, against settlements near the Dnipro River front line. Each documented civilian death adds to humanitarian concerns and potential war crimes documentation, even as casualty figures remain attributed to Ukrainian officials.

Watch For

Further statements from Oleksandr Prokudin confirming the identity of the woman killed in Novovorontsovka, additional reports of Russian artillery or drone strikes on Kherson Oblast settlements, and any Ukrainian military or law enforcement response to the incidents.