Russian airstrikes on Kherson residential area kill ambulance driver in Ukraine

Russian forces struck a residential neighborhood in Kherson's Shumenskyi district with four guided aerial bombs at around 4 a.m. on October 17, 2026, killing a 62-year-old ambulance driver who had arrived to rescue the wounded.

The attack damaged at least 15 apartment buildings, a kindergarten, a shop and vehicles, and left people trapped under rubble and inside their apartments; a second strike followed roughly half an hour later.

According to the National Police of Ukraine, 21 people were injured, including two children and a paramedic. Victims suffered blast and traumatic brain injuries, concussions, shrapnel wounds and limb fractures. Police are documenting the war crime.