Since the morning of April 19, Novaya Kakhovka in the Kherson region has been under heavy mortar fire, there are casualties. On this subject said in the city district administration telegram channel.
“Today, April 19, from 5:30 a.m., Novaya Kakhovka is shelled by the Ukronazis. The whole city is under fire. There are already injuries,” the message read.
According to the administration, the arrival was recorded on Bukina Street, shells fell on the territory of the ambulance station and the fire and rescue unit of Novaya Kakhovka.
As a result of the bombardments, the wires of the high voltage power lines were also cut. Authorities are asking residents to stay in shelters.
Acting Kherson Region Volodymyr Saldo informed that “the enemy is barbarously shelling Novaya Kakhovka with 120 millimeter mortars”.
“They are shooting specifically in the center of the city, in residential areas, at the ambulance station,” his Telegram channel said.
According to the acting head of the region, following one of the blows in a building, there were injuries, doctors went to the scene. Saldo also pointed out that “for today’s shelling and the regular terror of the civilian population, the ground under the feet of the Kiev regime militants will burn.”
On April 11, the acting governor of the Kherson region said that the Ukrainian armed forces were preparing to cross the Dnieper, but that their attempts were “doomed to failure”. According to him, the Ukrainian army is transferring manpower and equipment, craft are being assembled. Saldo also noted that provocations are possible on the Dnieper and the Liman, “even the most important ones”, but that they are “doomed to failure”.
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