Russian officials said an attack launched by Ukrainian armed forces late Monday left “dozens” of casualties in the Russian-held community of Nova Kahovka in the Kherson region, while Ukrainian officials said an ammunition depot was destroyed. in this community.
Vladimir Leonidev, head of the Russian-adjacent civil-military administration of the Kherson region, told the Russian state news agency TASS that “unfortunately there are casualties, some deaths, a large number of injured, while dozens of people were left homeless.”
Mr. Leondiev told the same agency that the wounded were taken to a civilian and military hospital and that the attack caused an explosion in fertilizer warehouses and damaged other buildings.
For his part, Serhii Brachuk, representative of the Odesa regional authorities, said that Nova Kahovka is now “minus” an ammunition depot.
It is worth noting that according to Ukraine’s defense minister, Kyiv is amassing a fighting force of one million soldiers equipped with Western weapons with the aim of recapturing its southern territory from Russia.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has asked army chiefs to retake occupied territories around the Black Sea coast that are vital to the country’s economy, Oleksii Reznikov said in an interview with The Times.
