Russian Strike on Kherson Playground Kills Father, Injures Family
A father was killed and three family members were wounded in the strike, and doctors said the victims suffered mine-blast and shrapnel injuries.
- Russian forces attacked a playground in the Korabelnyi District of Kherson on May 27 using multiple-launch rocket systems, striking an area where families were gathered with children.
- The strike occurred at approximately 5:30 p.m., according to the Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne, which reported the incident based on local authorities' accounts of the attack.
- A 36-year-old mother and her two daughters, aged 3 and 6, were injured with mine-blast and shrapnel wounds; Shanko confirmed the family's father was killed in the strike.
- All three injured people are currently under medical supervision at a hospital, while one other local resident was reportedly wounded in the attack.
- Meduza, which reported this incident, maintains editorial transparency by ensuring each draft is reviewed by an editor before publication of its English-language coverage.
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Russians attack playground in Kherson with MLRS: mother and two children injured, father killed
On the evening of 27 May, Russian forces attacked a playground in Kherson with multiple-launch rocket systems. A mother and her two daughters, aged six and three, were injured, and their father was killed.
On the evening of 27 May, the Russian army attacked Herson with the help of rocket systems, one of which hit a playground in the city ' s Ship ' s District and killed a man, his wife and two daughters, and on that day Russia stated to the United Nations that it did not attack Ukrainian civilians.
Kherson remains a front-line city three and a half years after its liberation from Russian occupation. It is separated from the enemy only by the Dnieper River, across which the Russians continue to bombard it with rockets and artillery shells.
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