Photographer Maksym Prudkun injured in shelling of Kherson

Two civilians waiting for a trolleybus were killed in another massive shelling by russian occupiers in the center of Kherson on March 27. Six more people were injured, including two rescue service medics who arrived at the scene of the tragedy to provide assistance to the victims.

Among the injured was Maksym Prudkun, a photographer and videographer of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, who was at the scene of the shelling to document the occupiers’ crimes and help the injured civilians until rescuers arrived.

According to witnesses, within an hour and a half, russian troops launched more than 30 strikes on a small area of ​​the city. The train station, bus station, residential areas, railway tracks, a train, and even an animal shelter were hit.

“During the shelling, Maksym not only filmed and photographed but also helped unblock people until the rescue units arrived. When the State Emergency Situations Service (SESS) and ambulances arrived at the scene, the occupiers began shelling them as well. Immediately after the artillery shelling, drones were used to drop explosives,” noted the victim’s colleague, Svitlana Horieva.

The Head of the Information and Internal Policy Department of the Regional Military Administration, Oleksandr Tolokonnikov, spoke about the work of the injured photographer and his colleagues: “Together with his colleague Igor (who was also injured by a russian drone last year), they were the first to be under fire, despite the danger. They are recording the terrible consequences of russian terrorism so that the world can see and know the truth.”

NUJU Information Service