Consequences of the shelling of the Antonovsky bridge in Kherson. Video frameSIMFEROPOL, July 20Ukrainian troops fired 12 missiles from the HIMARS MLRS at the Antonovsky bridge in Kherson, Deputy Head of the Regional Administration Kirill Stremousov told RIA Novosti. there is, but for heavy vehicles it will probably overlap. The shelling was at 4 in the morning, a package of 12 missiles, two volleys of six each,» the source said. He added that the authorities still have no information about possible victims of the shelling. Antonovsky bridge across the Dnieper with a total length of 1366 meters was put into operation in 1985. The width of the structure is 25 meters, the bridge has 30 spans. Before the construction of the bridge, cars could get to the left bank in the Kherson region either through the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station or by ferry.The Ukrainian military inflicted about 3.7 thousand attacks on the Kherson regionUkrainian troops have recently intensified shelling of the Kherson region. The city of Novaya Kakhovka suffered the most, where, due to the impact of American HIMARS missiles, warehouses with saltpeter exploded, residential buildings and a market were destroyed, a hospital was damaged, people were killed and injured. Russia has warned foreign states that any arms shipments to Ukraine become a legitimate target for the military. Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a special military operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine. As Vladimir Putin pointed out, it had to be launched to protect «people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» The ultimate goal of the operation, according to the president, is the liberation of Donbass and the creation of conditions guaranteeing the security of Russia. In particular, Volnovakha, a strategically important regional center south of Donetsk, the largest city on the coast of the Sea of Azov there is a large Orthodox monastery. On July 3, with the capture of Lisichansk and the surrounding settlements, the entire territory of the Lugansk People's Republic was liberated.
