Russian forces launched drone strikes against a fire station, public transportation, and residential areas across the Kharkiv, and Kherson regions on July 11 and 12, resulting in one fatality and multiple injuries among civilians and emergency personnel.

In the Kharkiv region, a Russian “Molniya” attack drone struck the territory of a State Emergency Service (DSNS) fire and rescue unit in the city of Bohodukhiv. The drone impacted the ground near the facility’s building.

The DSNS reported that three rescuers were injured in the strike. Two were hospitalized with injuries of varying severity, while one received medical assistance on site.

Concurrently, the Russian military conducted multiple drone strikes in the city of Kherson, targeting the Central and Dniprovskyi districts. At approximately 8:00 a.m. local time on July 12, a drone struck a passenger minibus in the city center. The driver sustained a concussion, and a male bystander was injured and subsequently hospitalized.

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At 9:50 a.m., a drone attacked a public transport stop in Kherson’s Central district. The Kherson Regional Military Administration reported that the strike injured one man and three women, who sustained blast trauma and shrapnel wounds and were transported to a hospital. A subsequent strike in the same district injured an elderly woman.

Earlier that morning, at 9:00 a.m., a drone strike in the village of Charivne injured a 50-year-old man.

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The strikes follow fatal attacks in the Chernihiv region on the evening of July 11. A drone struck a residential courtyard in a village within the Koriukivka community, killing a 44-year-old man. The blast injured a 12-year-old girl, a 60-year-old man, and a 62-year-old woman, who were all transported to medical facilities.

Additional drone strikes in the Chernihiv region injured a 56-year-old man in a Chernihiv suburb. Regional authorities reported that other drone variants, including Lancet and Geran models, struck commercial and logistical infrastructure in Semenivka, Novhorod-Siverskyi, and the Kruty community.

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