On the morning of Friday, December 20, Russian troops fired about a thousand shells at Kherson, damaging educational and medical institutions, the railway station, private and multi-storey buildings.
Minister of Education and Science Oksen Lisovyi, during a working visit to the Kherson region, checked on the construction of underground schools in Mala Oleksandrivka, Bila Krynytsia and Vysokopillia.
Russian troops dropped explosives from a drone on a civilian pensioner in the central district of Kherson. The man was taken to hospital with injuries.
The Russian forces shelled the village of Novooleksandrivka in Kherson region with artillery. A 65-year-old woman was injured as a result of the explosions.
A man who was injured in an enemy drone attack yesterday has been hospitalized in Kherson city territorial community. This marks the sixth person who was injured by Russian shelling over the past day.
In the area of the Antonivskyi Bridge (connecting Kherson with the Dnipro river left bank), Russian occupying forces are practicing crossing maneuvers with small infantry groups. However, there is currently no indication of a large-scale river crossing by the enemy.