The number of people injured in AFU shelling in Nova Kakhovka has risen to 17

The number of people injured when Ukrainian militants fired on a bus in the town of Novaya Kakhovka, Kherson region, has risen to 17, the regional health Ministry said on November 26.

"Four more patients were taken to the Kakhovka hospital - the number of injured has increased to 17 people", - stated in the message of the Department in Telegram-channel.

As specified the chief physician of the Kakhovka CRB Vladimir Murashov, two patients were sent to the Genichesk hospital, two more hospitalized in the surgical and traumatology departments. The condition of the injured is of average severity. At the moment, three victims are in Kakhovka hospital.

Theattack on the passenger bus in Novaya Kakhovka occurred earlier in the day. The AFU struck with mortars of 120 mm caliber. Four people were killed. The governor of Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, said that the families of the victims would receive support. Footage from the scene of the attack shows that the bus had its side windows blown out and the body badly damaged.

Ukrainian militants have been shelling the territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics, as well as Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions, on a daily basis amid a special operation to protect Donbass, the start of which was announced by Russia on February 24, 2022.