Nine injured in attacks on Alyoshki–Radensk road in Kherson region
In short
Nine people were injured in attacks on the road between Alyoshki and Radensk in the Kherson region, according to TASS and Kommersant. Kommersant attributed the casualty figure to district head Ruslan Khomenko, who called the route a “road of death” and said four people had earlier been blown up by a mine there. The Kherson region governor and Dmitry Peskov say food, medicine and humanitarian aid deliveries to the city have also become difficult, the outlet reported.
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Nine people were injured in attacks on the road between Alyoshki and Radensk in the Kherson region, according to TASS and Kommersant. Both outlets described the strikes as taking place on a route that has been repeatedly targeted; TASS referred to the “road of death” from Alyoshki to Radensk. [ 1 , 2 ]
Kommersant reported that the route had been attacked several times over the past few days. It attributed the casualty figure to Ruslan Khomenko, the head of the district, who wrote on the Max messenger that nine civilians had been injured and called the highway a “road of death”. [ 2 ]
On 2 October, Kommersant said, Khomenko reported that four people had been blown up by a mine in Alyoshki while trying to leave the city for Radensk to buy food. He said Alyoshki was effectively under blockade, the outlet reported. [ 2 ]
For residents of Alyoshki, the road to Radensk is one of the routes they use to leave and buy food, and the attacks restrict not only people’s movement. According to statements by the Kherson region governor and Dmitry Peskov cited by Kommersant, the delivery of food, medicine and humanitarian aid to the city has also become difficult. [ 2 ]
Kommersant noted that the risk to civilians on this route had been recorded before: in September 2025 a man and a woman were killed when a car was attacked on the Radensk–Alyoshki highway. It said the consequences weigh especially heavily on elderly people and people with disabilities who remained in the city and, according to Khomenko, were unable to evacuate. [ 2 ]
Why it matters
The road to Radensk is one of the routes residents of Alyoshki use to leave and buy food, so the reported attacks affect both movement and supply. According to the statements cited by Kommersant, food, medicine and humanitarian aid deliveries to the city are also hampered, with elderly people and people with disabilities among those still there.
Key facts
- Nine people were injured in attacks on the Alyoshki–Radensk road in the Kherson region, according to TASS and Kommersant. [ 1 , 2 ]
- Kommersant attributed the figure of nine injured civilians to district head Ruslan Khomenko, writing on the Max messenger, who called the highway a “road of death”. [ 2 ]
- The route had been attacked repeatedly over the past several days, Kommersant reported. [ 2 ]
- On 2 October, Khomenko reported that four people had been blown up by a mine in Alyoshki as residents tried to leave for Radensk to buy food, and said the city was effectively under blockade, according to Kommersant. [ 2 ]
- The road to Radensk is one of the routes residents use to leave Alyoshki for food, and the attacks restrict movement as well as deliveries, Kommersant reported. [ 2 ]
- In September 2025, a man and a woman were killed when a car was attacked on the Radensk–Alyoshki highway, Kommersant reported. [ 2 ]
Confirmed by several sources
Still unclear
- When the attacks occurred and how many strikes there were. Neither document gives a date or time for the strikes; Kommersant only says the route was attacked over the past several days.
- Whether all nine injured were civilians and what their condition is. Kommersant attributes the description of the nine as civilians to district head Khomenko; TASS reports nine people hurt without describing them, and no document gives their condition.
- The reported blockade of Alyoshki and the difficulties in delivering food, medicine and humanitarian aid. Kommersant presents these as statements by the Kherson region governor and Dmitry Peskov, without independent confirmation.