Russian tactical forces continued using automated aviation systems to inflict heavy civilian losses on Sunday, May 17, launching targeted multi-vector drone strikes in the south and leaving lethal explosive hazards scattered across the northern border regions. The Sunday afternoon casualties follow a highly destructive weekend campaign that saw Ukrainian air defense networks struggle against a massive attack of 287 combat and radar-saturating decoy drones.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. Targeted village shelling in Kherson The Kherson Regional Military Administration confirmed that Russian operators deployed a loitering munition to strike the residential sector of Zelenivка at approximately 1:00 p.m. local time. The drone impact initially caused severe trauma to a 43-year-old male resident. Emergency medical personnel diagnosed him with a closed craniocerebral injury, a severe concussion, and multiple deep shrapnel lacerations penetrating his chest cavity and lower extremities. First responders subsequently located and evacuated two additional victims caught in the immediate blast radius. A 32-year-old woman sustained a closed blast injury and shrapnel wounds to her leg, while a 33-year-old man was hospitalized with acute trauma and extensive shrapnel damage across his back and legs. The targeted strike in Zelenivка adds to an intense wave of drone aggression along the Dnipro River line, following a separate weekend incident where a Russian first-person-view (FPV) drone dropped ordnance directly onto a transit minibus in Kherson’s Central district, leaving its driver hospitalized with head trauma.