Russian occupation authorities in the Kherson region of southern Ukraine said seven people were killed and around 60 injured in a Ukrainian strike on the night of Monday July 11 to Tuesday July 12. “There are already seven dead and around 60 injured” in this strike which hit the town of Nova Kakhovka, declared on Telegram the head of the military-civilian administration installed in this locality by the Russian forces.
Ukraine for its part said it had carried out a strike on military targets in Nova Kakhovka, adding that 52 Russian servicemen had been killed and an ammunition warehouse destroyed. Follow the situation live.
An ongoing counter-offensive in the Kherson region. The Ukrainian army has been leading a counter-offensive on the Kherson front for several weeks, while the bulk of Russian troops are deployed in Donbass, in eastern Ukraine. kyiv has managed to regain ground and get closer to Kherson, a large city of 290,000 inhabitants, but has so far failed to break through the Russian defenses deeply.
kyiv anticipates a new attack. On the ground, the Ukrainians anticipate fierce fighting in the Donetsk region (east), in the Donbass. “There are signs that enemy units are preparing to intensify combat operations in the direction of Kramatorsk and Bakhmut”the Ukrainian General Staff warned on Monday.
The Donetsk Embassy inaugurated in Moscow. The embassy of the separatist region of Donetsk will be inaugurated on Tuesday in Moscow, in the presence of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.