Ukrainian Red Cross
The Ukrainian Red Cross is the national Red Cross society of Ukraine, founded in 1918 and a member of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. It provides humanitarian assistance to victims of armed conflict and emergencies, trains the public in first aid, supports internally displaced people, and assists medical institutions across the country.
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Russian airstrikes hit Kherson residential district, killing ambulance driver and wounding civilians including two children
Russian forces struck the Korabelnyi district of Kherson with eight guided aerial bombs in two airstrikes within roughly an hour on the morning of October 17. A 64-year-old driver of an emergency medical service brigade was killed in a repeat strike that hit after medics had arrived at the scene. A paramedic and a nurse were among the wounded, and casualties included an 11-year-old girl and a one-month-old infant from a family of three hospitalized in moderate condition. A 58-year-old man was later hospitalized in a coma with skull fractures and an open head injury, and was reported to have died in hospital. Ten multi-storey residential buildings, a supermarket, administrative buildings and a Red Cross office were damaged; rescuers pulled survivors from the rubble.