Ukrainian forces shelled the Russian-held town of Nowa Kahofka with a hail of rockets, cutting off electricity and water Russia local administration.

This information is reported by Reuters with reference to the Russian RIA.

The city is located east of Kherson, which is the target of a major counter-offensive launched earlier by the Ukrainian military.

According to Ukrainian military and civilians, there was a sharp escalation of hostilities on a sector of the front line on Monday, with the Ukrainian government saying that Ukrainian forces “broke through the front line of defense of the occupiers near Kherson.”

For their part, the Russian military said on Monday evening that it had “repulsed” an “attempted attack” by Ukrainian forces, even saying they had carried out “strong blows” against Ukrainians.

^{According to APE – MEB, Reuters}