Kakhovskaya HPP in Novaya Kakhovka. Archival photoSIMFEROPOL, Aug 28 There are no serious casualties as a result of the shelling by Ukrainian troops of Novaya Kakhovka and the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station, rescuers and explosives are working in the city, the fire has been extinguished, Vladimir Leontyev, head of the administration of the Kakhovka district of the Kherson region, told RIA Novosti. Ukrainian troops shelled Novaya Kakhovka four times on Sunday, about 20 missiles were fired in total, air defense went off, there were hits in the city center and the hydroelectric power station area. «There were no casualties, except for the lungs. Thank God, civilians were not seriously injured, but right in the city they were hit with rockets,» Leontiev said. At the same time, according to him, the fire that broke out in the city after the missile attack was extinguished. the military took control of the Kherson region and the Azov part of the Zaporozhye region, occupying such large cities as Kherson, Melitopol and Berdyansk, and cutting off U edge from the Sea of Azov. New administrations have been formed in both regions, Russian TV channels and radio stations are broadcasting, trade and transport links with Crimea are being restored. The regions announced plans to become part of Russia. In addition, eight years later, the North Crimean Canal was unblocked, water flows back to the peninsula.
