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Russian drone attack against bus in Kherson, kills 1, injures 8

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Russian drone attack against bus in Kherson, kills 1, injures 8
A Russian drone hit a bus in Kherson on Jan. 6, killing one person and injuring six others. (Kherson Oblast Governor Oleksandr Prokudin / Telegram)

A Russian drone strike targeted a bus in a Kherson neighborhood on Jan. 6, killing one person and injuring eight others, according to Ukraine's police.

The man killed, Volodymyr Shum, 50, was a specialist in the municipal services and landscaping division of the Kherson City Council's municipal economy department.

Among the injured were seven women, aged between 29 and 58, and a 21-year-old man, all of whom were hospitalized with blast injuries and are undergoing medical evaluation.

Kherson and settlements on the west bank of the Dnipro River endure daily Russian attacks as Moscow's forces maintain control of the river’s east bank. Prokudin reported an increase in assaults as Russian troops attempt to solidify their positions in the region.

Kherson and its surrounding areas were liberated during Ukraine’s fall 2022 counteroffensive but remain under frequent bombardment. A Dec. 1 attack on a shuttle bus in Kherson killed three and injured eight, according to local authorities.

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Tim Zadorozhnyy is a reporter at the Kyiv Independent covering foreign policy, U.S.-Ukraine relations, and political developments across Europe and Russia. He studied International Relations and European Studies at Lazarski University and Coventry University. Tim began his journalism career in Odesa in 2022 as a reporter for a local television channel. He later spent a year and a half at the Belarusian independent media outlet NEXTA, first as a news anchor and later as a managing editor. He is fluent in English, Ukrainian, and Russian.

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