A vehicle carrying Rabbi Yitzchok Wolf, Chabad emissary and chief rabbi of Kherson, was hit by a drone Thursday evening while he and his family were traveling near the southern Ukrainian city. Though the front of the car sustained serious damage, no one was hurt in the incident.
Local Ukrainian law enforcement arrived swiftly at the scene and opened an investigation into the attack. Rabbi Wolf promptly alerted Chabad’s crisis response center in Ukraine, which continues to maintain close coordination with emissaries across the war-torn region.
“We are alive by an incredible miracle,” Wolf said in a statement. “We were on our way to Kherson, and about a kilometer and a half before the military checkpoint at the city’s entrance, a suicide drone exploded near us. My wife Chaya, my daughter Raizy and I are all safe. Thank God for the gift of life.”
Kherson, located in a strategically vital area of southern Ukraine, fell to Russian troops early in the invasion but was later retaken by Ukrainian forces in a major counteroffensive. The city’s liberation represented one of the most pivotal reversals for Moscow since the conflict began.
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