{"id":383,"date":"2025-07-22T13:32:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T13:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kirsavoltren.com\/?p=383"},"modified":"2025-07-23T14:09:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T14:09:45","slug":"five-civilians-killed-in-ukrainian-attacks-on-buses-officials-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirsavoltren.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/22\/five-civilians-killed-in-ukrainian-attacks-on-buses-officials-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Five civilians killed in Ukrainian attacks on buses \u2013 officials (PHOTOS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kiev\u2019s drone and artillery strikes targeting vehicles also injured several people in Russia\u2019s Kherson Region, according to local authorities<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At least five civilians have been killed and several others injured in a series of Ukrainian drone strikes on vehicles in Russia&rsquo;s Kherson Region over the past 24 hours, according to regional officials.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Kherson Region Governor Vladimir Saldo said three civilians were killed when a Ukrainian drone struck a private bus in the Golopristansky district in the region&rsquo;s south. He added that three more civilians were <em>&ldquo;gravely injured&rdquo;<\/em> and were taken to a local hospital.<\/p>\n<p>In another incident in the same district, Saldo said an artillery shell hit a passenger car, injuring two civilians, who were also hospitalized. <\/p>\n<p>Two more civilians were wounded in the town of Nova Kakhovka to the north of Golopristansky district, in what Saldo described as a <em>&ldquo;terrorist attack&rdquo;<\/em> that struck another civilian vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, the city administration of Nova Kakhovka said a minibus was damaged in a Ukrainian drone strike, with two people dying at the scene. Another victim of the strike was hospitalized, officials said, releasing a picture of a badly damaged vehicle, with a blurred body lying on the ground nearby.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/russia\/621356-bloc-destroyed-ukraine-kherson\/\"><br \/>\n            <span>READ MORE: <\/span>Civilians trapped after Ukrainian airstrike hits apartment block \u2013 governor<br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<p>Russian officials have repeatedly accused Ukrainian forces of attacking civilian targets in frontline areas. In February, officials in Russia&rsquo;s Zaporozhye Region reported that a school bus was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/russia\/612229-watchdogs-ignoring-kiev-attack-school-bus\/\">attacked<\/a> by a Ukrainian drone, injuring the driver and five children.<\/p>\n<p>In November, local authorities said four people were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/russia\/608243-kherson-bus-stop-massacre\/\">killed<\/a> and 17 injured when a Ukrainian artillery strike hit a passenger bus in Kherson Region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kiev\u2019s drone and artillery strikes targeting vehicles also injured several [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirsavoltren.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirsavoltren.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirsavoltren.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kirsavoltren.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kirsavoltren.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kirsavoltren.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":384,"href":"https:\/\/kirsavoltren.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383\/revisions\/384"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kirsavoltren.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirsavoltren.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kirsavoltren.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kirsavoltren.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}