Six injured, including children. What is known about the attack by the Russian Federation on Kherson.

Aerial bomb damaged a house in Kherson

On the night of February 20, a Russian aerial bomb exploded in a ten-story building in Kherson. This was reported by the head of the Kherson regional state administration, Oleksandr Prokudin. According to him, as a result of the explosion, 15 apartments were damaged from the first to the 10th floor of one of the entrances.

Currently, six people are known to be injured, including a set of 14-year-old twins - a boy and a girl. The condition of the injured is assessed as satisfactory.

Horrific footage of the destroyed high-rise building in Kherson after the aerial bomb hit pic.twitter.com/eZX8cZmdC2

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After the explosion, an operational headquarters of the Kherson regional military-civil administration was established. 120 people and 35 units of equipment are participating. Search operations are ongoing for possible victims who may be forgotten under the debris.

It should be noted that the Russians did not limit themselves only to Kherson. On the night of February 19-20, they also attacked Kyiv and Odesa. As a result of several explosions and shelling, residential buildings and the infrastructure of the cities were damaged. Currently, four people are known to be injured.