An employee of the National Guard guards the building of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station in Novaya Kakhovka. File photoMOSCOW, Aug 28Ukrainian troops shelled Novaya Kakhovka four times, there are hits in the center and the region of the hydroelectric power station, Vladimir Leontyev, head of the new administration of the Kakhovka district of the Kherson region, told RIA Novosti. rockets on the city. There was a fourth shelling, just not so significant and large-scale. They hit the hydroelectric power station and the city. About 20 missiles were fired. The air defense system worked successfully. If not for the air defense, it would have been a disaster, «he said. area of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, the Sokol plant and in the city center. Allegedly, the fire was fired from the HIMARS MLRS and the Tochka-U complex.
«We are collecting rocket fragments in the city center. There is damage, but insignificant,» Leontiev added. there are no casualties as a result of the shelling, rescuers and explosives are working in the city, the fire has been extinguished. Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a military operation in Ukraine. 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. In mid-March, the Russian military took control of the Kherson and Azov parts of the Zaporozhye region. Civil-military administrations (CAAs) have been formed there, Russian TV channels have begun broadcasting, the ruble has been introduced into circulation, and trade ties with Crimea are being restored. The CAA announced the plans of the regions to become part of Russia.