| Attack on Nova Kakhovka | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the2022 Kherson counteroffensive | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
 Armed Forces of Ukraine |  Russian Armed Forces | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
| Unknown |  Artem Nasbulin † (Ukrainian claim) | ||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
| None | Per Ukraine: 7 soldiers and civilians killed ~70 soldiers and civilians wounded | ||||
On 11 July 2022,Ukrainian forces launched a missile attack on theRussian-occupied city ofNova Kakhovka during theRussian invasion of Ukraine. Russia said that Ukraine usedHIMARS missiles for the operation, having recently acquired them from the United States.[1]
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 between 52 and 200 Russian soldiers were killed, including 12 officers,[3][5] including22nd Army CorpsMajor General Artem Nasbulin.[6] The Southern Military command of theUkrainian Armed Forces said that "Based on the results of our rocket and artillery units, the enemy lost 52 soldiers, anMsta-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 governingKakhovka 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 spokesmanSerhii Khlan said that reports that the attack had damaged hospitals and residential areas were part ofRussian propaganda and that many civilians in the town were happy at the idea of the Ukrainian forces being closer to the city.[7]
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