“All is well”
Kirill Stremousov told RIA Novosti that as a result of the collision of Ukrainian troops with the bridge in the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station area, holes appeared, but it was not destroyed, and the dam was not damaged. The head of the regional administration, Vladimir Leontyev, confirmed to the agency that the missile attack was repelled.
“Everything is shot, everything is fine. There were no serious injuries. There was some minor damage but nothing major. All this is unimportant, ”added Stremousov.
The press service of the Kakhovka district administration told TASS that the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at least seven shells at the site of the Kakhovka hydroelectric station on Saturday morning.
“There were about seven arrivals at 05:07 Moscow time. Smoke was noticed in the area of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, they beat him there, ”the statement said.
Bridge Over the Ingulets
Stremousov also briefed TASS about the bombardment of a bridge over the Ingulets River in the Kherson region. According to him, multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) M142 HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) were used.
“A blow was dealt to the Daryevsky bridge (bridge over the river Ingulets in the village of Daryevka – socialbites.ca). “Seven bullets hit the object,” he said.
The deputy head of the Kherson region administration emphasized that the air defense system in the region has now been strengthened to prevent all shells fired from HIMARS MLRS.
He also explained that although the bombed bridge was of no strategic importance, it survived, so the traffic on it was not blocked. And the Antonovsky bridge was not bombed on Saturday. According to Stremousov, this is due to the fact that it is now reliably covered by air defense.
“The Antonovsky bridge was not bombed today. They tried for a few days, they tried again two days ago, but all 12 missiles were hit. Then they realized that on our side the air defense system was strengthened, it was useless to shoot at the bridge, and they stopped trying, ”the statement said.
According to Stremousov, there were no casualties in Saturday’s shelling.
He is also sure that the Ukrainian military will not be able to control the satellite-guided HIMARS MLRS, so the Americans are doing the bombing.
“It is not the Ukrainians who shoot, the Americans shoot with “Himers” – this is 100%, because there is a complex guidance system, where they hit exactly through the satellite. The button is ordinary and any fool can press it, but here you have to work with a complex system. These are American weapons, American satellites, because there are no Ukrainian satellites. So this is the work of the Americans who dream that this war will be eternal, ”Stremousov told TASS.
increased bombardment
In recent weeks, the Ukrainian military has intensified the bombardment of the hydroelectric power station on Novaya Kakhovka from HIMARS MLRS. A particularly strong blow was dealt by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the night of July 12 – then warehouses with saltpeter exploded, people were killed and injured. According to local authorities, at least 400 residential buildings were damaged by the shelling, with more than 70% of the city destroyed.
On July 19, as a result of the shelling, the Antonovsky bridge, the only bridge over the Dnieper in Kherson, received four damage. The Armed Forces also delivered this blow from the HIMARS MLRS. On Wednesday, July 20, Ukraine again opened fire on the bridge, 11 of 12 rockets hit. The bridge traffic was temporarily closed to trucks.
According to local authorities, this is how the Armed Forces of Ukraine is trying to stop transport links along the Dnieper.
On July 21, the air defense repelled an attempt by Kiev to launch a missile attack on the Antonovsky bridge over the Dnieper in Kherson, all 12 HIMARS missiles were hit.
“There was an attempt to hit the Antonovsky bridge. 12 missiles flew, all were hit by air defense, some fell on the Dnieper. No bumps or damage. The air defense system reflected everything,” Stremousov later told RIA Novosti.
On July 22, he told TASS that the air defense systems of the Kherson region were strengthened and weapons were supplied to intercept HIMARS missiles.
“We introduced additional new units (air defense), provided weapons to hit the Hymars,” he said.