This handout photo released by Russia-appointed governor of the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, shows the site of a drone attack on a hotel in Khroly on January 1, 2026. (File photo: AFP)
Russian drone strikes killed a man in Ukraine’s Kherson city and wounded at least three others, regional authorities said on Friday.
Moscow and Kyiv have been targeting each other with intensifying aerial attacks in recent months as US-led diplomatic efforts to end their war, now in its fifth year, remain stalled.
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“A 75-year-old man died in Korabelny district as a result of an enemy drone attack,” said the head of the Kherson City Military Administration Yaroslav Shanko.
City authorities reported that three people were wounded in various districts as a result of strikes, two of whom were hospitalized.
In Konotop city in northeastern Ukraine, three children were wounded in Russian strikes, Mayor Artem Semenikhin wrote on Telegram.
Meanwhile, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said early Friday that Russian air defenses destroyed an unmanned aerial vehicle headed toward the capital city.
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