On the evening of Saturday, December 23, Russian troops carried out a large-scale shelling of residential areas of Kherson, as a result of which several fires broke out in the city, Roman Mrochko, the head of the military administration of the Kherson region, reported on Telegram, Ukrainian Pravda writes. .

Explosions and fires in Kherson due to Russian attacksPhoto: video shooting
  • “Russian occupying forces launched a large-scale shelling in Kherson around 6:00 p.m.
  • Loud explosions were heard in several districts of the city. Later, several fires broke out. As usual, the enemy shelled residential areas,” said Mrochko.

Earlier, he reported that this afternoon Russian troops attacked the residential quarters of Kherson.

  • “They got into high-rise buildings. There are no casualties,” Mrochko wrote in Telegram.

On Saturday, the General Staff of the Defense of Ukraine wrote on Facebook that Russian troops are trying to knock out the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the captured positions on the left (eastern) bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region.

“Enemy forces continue to try to push back our units from the left bank of the Dnieper. During the day, the enemy forces made 15 unsuccessful attacks, were repulsed and suffered significant losses. Our units (…) continue to hold captured positions and inflict fire damage on enemy forces.”