OREANDA-NEWS  Ukrainian troops shelled the village of Kamyshany in the suburbs of Kherson, a representative of the emergency services of the region told reporters. The APU fired four HIMARS missiles at 10:37.

"All the missiles were shot down by the air defense units," the agency interlocutor said.The Ukrainian army is constantly shelling Kherson and Novaya Kakhovka. Especially often strikes are inflicted on the Antonovsky Bridge connecting the banks of the Dnieper. In addition, last week, the AFU tried to shell the port from where residents are being evacuated, but this attack was repelled by the air defense forces.

As the commander of the Russian Joint Group of Troops in the area of the special operation, Army General Sergei Surovikin, stated in mid-October, intelligence reports indicate the possibility of a massive missile strike on the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric dam. He called the situation in the regional capital dangerous for its residents.Earlier, the acting governor of the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, called on civilians to leave the right-bank part of the region. This decision was made in order to create defensive fortifications there and avoid casualties among the population.

Russia has been conducting a military operation in Ukraine since February 24. Vladimir Putin called its task "to protect people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years." According to him, the ultimate goal is the liberation of Donbass and the creation of conditions that guarantee Russia's security.