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Russian drones kill 1, injure 1 in Kherson Oblast's Beryslav

by Martin Fornusek and The Kyiv Independent news desk January 27, 2024 11:58 AM 1 min read
A victim of Russian drone attacks on Jan. 27, 2024, in Beryslav, Kherson Oblast. (Governor Oleksandr Prokudin/Telegram)
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Russian drones dropped explosives on Beryslav, Kherson Oblast, on the morning of Jan. 27, killing a man, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said.

Another person was hospitalized and is receiving medical attention, the governor noted.

No further details were provided at the moment.

Beryslav lies around 70 kilometers east of the city of Kherson and just across the Dnipro River from Russian-occupied Kakhovka.

Ukraine's Armed Forces liberated Kherson and other regional settlements on the western bank of the Dnipro River in November 2022.

Russian troops were pushed to the eastern bank, from where they have since been firing at the liberated territories, regularly resulting in civilian deaths and injuries.

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