MOSCOW, 19 Jul. Ukrainian troops fired six missiles at Kherson, five of them were shot down, one fell near the Antonovsky bridge, RIA Novosti was told in the regional administration. «Six missiles were fired. Five missiles were shot down, one fell near the Antonovsky bridge. Previously, didn’t hit the bridge itself. The group went to the site, the consequences of the destruction are being clarified,» the agency’s source said.Ukrainian Armed Forces launched a missile attack on the hydroelectric power station in Nova Kakhovka The city of Novaya Kakhovka was the most affected, where warehouses with saltpeter exploded due to the impact of American HIMARS missiles, residential buildings and a market were destroyed, a hospital was damaged, people were killed and injured. Three days before the attack, an American satellite filmed Novaya Kakhovka, RIA Novosti correspondents found out. According to Leontiev, as a result of the strikes, two people were killed, seven were missing, and 90 people were injured. During the special operation, the Russian military took control of the Kherson region and the Azov part of the Zaporozhye region. The administration began work there, Russian TV channels and radio stations broadcast. The regions have announced plans to join Russia.
The village of Lomakovka in the Bryansk region was shelled from the side of UkraineRussia has been conducting a military operation in Ukraine since February 24. Vladimir Putin called its task «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the president, the ultimate goal of the operation is the liberation of Donbass and the creation of conditions that guarantee the security of Russia itself. At the same time, Moscow had previously sent a note to NATO countries because of the supply of weapons to Kyiv. The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Sergei Lavrov, noted that any shipments of weapons for the Armed Forces of Ukraine would be a legitimate target. The Foreign Ministry emphasized that the countries of the alliance were «playing with fire.» Press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov noted that pumping Ukraine with weapons from the West does not contribute to the success of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations and will have a negative effect. June 22, 17:18 InfographicInteractive map of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine
