Thirteen civilians and nine soldiers were killed on Thursday February 24 in the Kherson region in southern Ukraine, which is partly controlled by Russian troops, the regional administration announced.
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Thirteen civilians including two children were killed and nine Ukrainian soldiers died in the attack on the Kherson region
," the administration said on Facebook.
The city of Guenitchesk, a port on the Sea of Azov, is under Russian control, according to the same source.
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All state administrations have come under the control of the invaders.
Their equipment is stationed in the city of Genichesk, there are checkpoints and Russian troops on the outskirts of the city
,” she added.
According to the regional administration, Russian troops have seized the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station and the North Crimean Canal which supplies water to the Kherson region.
Ukraine blocked the water supply from this Crimean canal after its annexation by Russia in 2014. The town of Olechki “
is under the control of Russian troops.
Ukrainian military bases are destroyed by enemy aircraft
”.
The crossing by the Dnipro river is also under Russian control.
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