💥 Attack

Russian forces continued offensive operations in the Dnipro direction including near Kozatskyi and Velykiy Potemkin islands.

December 21, 2024 Kherson, Kherson Oblast

Verified Independently confirmed by 6 sources

Institute for the Study of War Ukrinform Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post UNIAN Censor.NET

Multiple high-reliability sources confirm the core facts of this event.

Entities

Russian forces (military_unit) Ukrainian Southern Defense Forces (military_unit) Oleksandr Prokudin (person) Russia (organization) Defense Forces South (organization) Vladyslav Voloshyn (person) Russian troops (organization) Shahed-131/136 (weapon_system) Ukrainian air defense forces (organization) Kherson (location) Oncology center (Kherson) (location) Dnipro River (location) Ukrainian civilians (person) Russian sabotage-reconnaissance groups (military_unit) Dnipro Islands (location) Ukrainian Defense Forces (military_unit) Russian occupation forces (military_unit) Russian Armed Forces (organization) Kherson oncology dispensary (location) Russian army (organization) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Russian Federation Armed Forces (organization) KAB-guided bombs (weapon_system) Artillery (weapon_system) Kherson Oblast (location) Shahed-136 drone (weapon_system) ballistic missile (weapon_system) FPV drone (weapon_system) Shahed-131/136 drone (weapon_system)

Source Reports

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Russian forces conducted offensive operations near Kozatskyi and Velykiy Potemkin islands

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Two people were killed and 11 more wounded in Russian attacks on Ukraine's southern Kherson region over the past 24 hours

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

A Russian guided aerial bomb struck an oncology center in Kherson overnight on Dec. 21.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Russian attacks killed two people in Kherson and cut power to 60,000 homes

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Russian forces used over 110 strike drones in nighttime attack against Ukraine, destroying an oncology dispensary in Kherson and hitting apartment buildings in Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

On December 21, 2024, Russian forces attacked more than 30 settlements in Kherson Oblast with KAB bombs and artillery.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:38.869Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-december-21-2024