Vadym Khomenko, chief engineer at Suspilne Kherson, was injured in a Russian “petal mine” explosion in downtown Kherson today, 22 September, at around 11:00, Suspilne Kherson director Mykhailo Svarichevskyi reported in a Facebook post.
He said that Khomenko’s colleagues who were nearby provided first aid promptly by applying a tourniquet and quickly taking him to the hospital.
“The detonation resulted in Vadym Leonidovych [Khomenko] suffering an explosive injury affecting his skin, parts of his leg, and a shrapnel wound to the leg (bone fracture),” Svarychevskyi said.
He added that the surgery had gone well and that Vadym Khomenko’s condition was stable.
Suspilne Kherson chief editor Tetyana Yaremenko said that Vadym Khomenko was in the hospital in a moderately serious condition. “He had a surgery. His leg is intact, doctors say that he was born lucky. I didn’t see the mine because it was in a pile of leaves,” Yaremenko said, according to the Suspilne website.
Earlier, a crew including Channel 5 correspondent Olha Kalynovska hit a magnetic mine, which detonated under their car, during a trip near Pokrovsk. All four crew members suffered concussions and one was injured in the leg (in addition to a large bruise, his upper leg bones were broken). The car was severely damaged.