2022 attack on Nova Kakhovka

2022 military action by Ukraine
Attack on Nova Kakhovka
Part of the 2022 Kherson counteroffensive
Date11 July 2022 (2022-07-11)
Location
Belligerents
 Ukrainian Armed Forces  Russian Armed Forces
Commanders and leaders
Unknown Russia Artem Nasbulin  (Ukrainian claim)
Casualties and losses
None

Per Ukraine:
52 soldiers killed

Per Russia:
7 soldiers and civilians killed
~70 soldiers and civilians wounded
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  • 24 Feb – 7 Apr 2022
  • 8 Apr – 28 Aug 2022
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On 11 July 2022, Ukrainian forces launched a missile attack on the Russian-occupied city of Nova Kakhovka during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russia said that Ukraine used HIMARS missiles for the operation, having recently acquired them from the United States.[1]

Events

Targets in the city were hit with large explosions, destroying an ammunitions depot.[2] Videos showed an "immense fireball" rising out of the target.[3][4]

Ukraine claimed that 52 Russian soldiers were killed,[3] and that 12 officers died,[5] including 22nd Army Corps Major General Artem Nasbulin.[6] The Southern Military command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said that "Based on the results of our rocket and artillery units, the enemy lost 52 soldiers, an Msta-B howitzer, a mortar, and seven armoured and other vehicles, as well as an ammunition depot in Nova Kakhovka."[1]

Russian officials and state news agencies said that at least seven people had been killed and around 70 wounded, including civilians, and that widespread civilian properties, including a market, a pharmacy and church, warehouses, and houses had been damaged.[1] A pro-Russian official in the governing Kakhovka District military-civilian administration said that several people were still trapped under the buildings' ruins.[3] These claims have not yet been independently verified.[1][7] Ukrainian spokesman Serhii Khlan said that reports that the attack had damaged hospitals and residential areas were part of Russian propaganda and that many civilians in the town were happy at the idea of the Ukrainian forces being closer to the city.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Balmforth, Tom; Polityuk, Pavel (12 July 2022). "Ukrainian rockets hit Russian-controlled area as Kyiv readies southern counter-attack". Reuters. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  2. ^ "В окупованій Новій Каховці лунають потужні вибухи". Українська правда (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  3. ^ a b c Balmforth & Polityuk 2022.
  4. ^ "Ukrainian strike on Russian-held town attributed to US-supplied missile". the Guardian. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  5. ^ Cole, Brendan (12 July 2022). "Russian general killed with U.S.-supplied missiles, Ukraine says". Newsweek. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Ukraine strikes Russian ammo depot near Kherson, sets off massive explosion". UPI. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Ukraine claims arms depot attack in occupied Kherson with Himars rockets". BBC News. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
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