At least 2 killed, 8 injured after Russian drones strike buses in 'brutal safari' in Kherson
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At least two people were killed and eight others were injured after Russian troops launched two separate drone attacks on buses in Kherson on May 2.
According to Kherson Oblast Governor Oleksandr Prokudin, the first attack happened at around 7:00 a.m. local time, in the Dnipro district of the city. Two people — a municipal worker and a woman — were killed at the scene.
Seven others sustained injuries in the strike, though officials have not yet released details on their condition.
Hours later, a Russian drone struck another bus, wounding the driver who suffered shrapnel wounds to his back and legs, Prokudin reported.
"All victims of the attack are civilians, and the Russians clearly understood this," President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on social media after the strikes. "In fact, such a brutal 'safari' on people is happening daily in our front-line and border communities."
The attack comes less than two months after Russian forces struck another civilian bus in Kherson on March 11, injuring 10 people in what Prokudin then described as a deliberate attack on civilians.
Located directly on the front line along the Dnipro River, Kherson has faced sustained drone and artillery attacks since Ukrainian forces liberated the city in late 2022.
