Ukrainian UAV kills Russian paramedics – governor
Three medical personnel were killed in a Ukrainian drone attack on an ambulance in Russia’s Kherson Region, Governor Vladimir Saldo has reported.
In a post on his Telegram channel on Saturday, the official wrote that the vehicle was struck as it approached the city of Golaya Pristan. “The crew of three was trying to reach a seriously ill person in a zone where enemy drones are hunting for any vehicles around the clock,” the governor of Kherson Region stated.
While the paramedics’ fate remained unknown for some time, Saldo said in another Telegram post later in the day that all three had perished in the attack. He described the drone strike as “yet another war crime by the Kiev regime’s militants and a crime against humanity.”
“You can’t call this anything other than the murder of civilians who were saving lives and caring for the sick in the most dangerous area,” the governor added.
A massive Ukrainian drone attack on a New Year’s Eve party in Russia’s Kherson Region late on December 31, 2025, claimed the lives of 29 people; dozens more were injured. According to Russia’s Investigative Committee, the café and hotel in the Black Sea village of Khorly, where about 100 revelers had gathered, were targeted by multiple kamikaze UAVs, including at least one with incendiary charges. The venue was quickly engulfed by the flames, trapping the victims inside.
The Russian authorities condemned the strike as a “terrorist act” and launched an investigation.
In Zaporozhye Region, which, along with Kherson Region as well as the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, joined Russia following referendums in 2022, a hospital sustained a drone attack, Governor Evgeny Balitsky said on Friday. The building suffered minor damage with no casualties reported, according to the official.
