Kherson Today (07 May 2026)

Photo: Kherson Police

Photos: Yaroslav Shanko

Bus services on route 3, which connects Kherson with Komyshany, were temporarily suspended due to Russian shelling and high activity of Russian drones. In the morning on 07 May, a bus operating on route 3 was damaged by a Russian drone attack. The driver detected a Russian drone pursuing the bus. As the driver sped up, a projectile landed in front of the minibus. Fortunately, neither the driver nor the passengers were injured.

9:00 AM — A 59-year-old man in Komyshany sustained shrapnel wounds to the chest, a concussion, an explosive injury, and a closed head injury. An ambulance crew transported the victim to the hospital in a moderate condition.

9:00 AM — A 59-year-old man was injured in Zelenivka as a result of the Russian drone attack. He sustained an explosive injury and acute stress reaction and was prescribed outpatient treatment after receiving medical aid.

10:20 AM — A 20-year-old man and a 62-year-old woman in Komyshany were wounded by a Russian drone strike.

? AM — A 68-year-old resident of Komyshany was injured this morning due to a Russian drone attack.

5:00 PM — Russian forces attacked Dniprovskyi Raion with a Molniya drone, wounding a 49-year-old woman, who sustained a blast injury, contusion, and shrapnel wound to her arm.

7:20 PM — A 56-year-old man in Korabelnyi Raion sustained a blast injury and shrapnel wounds to the chest due to the strike. The injured person was hospitalized in moderate condition.

06 May — Near Chornobaivka, Russian forces attacked a car carrying a police officer using an attack drone. The 38-year-old law enforcement officer sustained shrapnel wounds to the head and chest.

06 May — In Dudchany, Russian forces attacked a car carrying volunteers using an FPV drone. Two men, aged 22 and 23, sustained explosive and craniocerebral injuries, concussions, and bruises.

06 May — Russian forces struck the ‘Pivnichnyi’ microdistrict with artillery. A private house was damaged, and a 57-year-old woman was affected, experiencing an acute stress reaction.

06 May — Medical assistance was required for two residents of Komyshany, a 53-year-old woman and an 83-year-old man, who sustained mine-explosive injuries and concussions following Russian artillery shelling.

06 May — A 68-year-old man in Komyshany sustained a mine-explosive injury and acoustic barotrauma due to Russian artillery shelling.

06 May — Two residents of Komyshany, a 60-year-old and an 85-year-old woman, sustained contusions and blast injuries when a Russian UAV hit their house.

The security situation in Komyshany has significantly worsened due to massive Russian artillery shelling and the activity of Russian drones, prompting residents to consider evacuation. Employees of the Kherson City Military Administration, together with police officers, evacuated an elderly couple from the dangerous zone in Komyshany. The couple was subsequently taken under the care of the 'Spravzhni' charitable foundation.

Russian forces' drones constantly attack civilians and emergency service vehicles, and there is intensified shelling, making it unsafe for ambulances to enter coastal settlements in Novovorontsovska hromada. Police from the Novovorontsovska territorial unit evacuated a 74-year-old sick elderly woman from a coastal settlement in Novovorontsovska hromada. She was safely transported in an armored vehicle to a stabilization point for medical assistance.

Rivne Patrol Police rendered first aid to a man wounded by Russian shelling in Kherson. The officers from Rivne Oblast are serving in Kherson as emergency medical and evacuation services.

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