Red Cross volunteer killed in Ukraine Kherson shelling
Kherson was liberated from the Russians in mid-November
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Your support makes all the difference.A volunteer for the Ukrainian Red Cross has been killed during Russian shelling of Kherson in Ukraine.
The volunteer died from shrapnel wounds and was Ukrainian, the Red Cross told The Independnet.
She was female, 39-years-old and had two children. Her identity has not yet been made public.
The recently-liberated Ukranian city has been subject to heavy shelling in recent days.
The office of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky acknowledged the deaths of two people, killed by a Russian strike on Kherson on Thursday.
The second victim was a 70-year-old man was was apparently “recieving humanitarian aid” but “died on the spot,” according to the Ukranian Red Cross.
Ukraine’s Red Cross annnounced the news of the volunteer’s death on Twitter, expressing their condolences to the family of the peron who died.
They wrote: “Today, during the mass shelling of Kherson, a volunteer of the Ukrainian Red Cross Emergency response team was killed.
“The Ukrainian Red Cross expresses its condolences to the family of the deceased people.”
The city was hit by Russian bombs at least three times on Thursday, according to the Ukrainian media.
On Wednesday, similar Russian shelling on left six injured, according to the regional prosecutor’s office.
The city of Kherson was liberated from Russian troops by Ukranian forces on 11th November, to the jubilation of residents.
It has been subject to shelling from Russian forces - located on the other side of the Dnieper river - ever since.
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