Explosions occur in Nova Kakhovka destroying apartments in residential building – mayor

KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO – THURSDAY, 8 SEPTEMBER 2022, 18:04

A few loud explosions have occurred in temporarily occupied Nova Kakhovka in Kherson Oblast, destroying apartments in a residential building.

Source: Volodymyr Kovalenko, the mayor of Nova Kakhovka, Yurii Sobolevskyi, first deputy-head of the Kherson State Council, in a commentary for Suspilne

Details: Loud explosions occurred at about 12:50 on Thursday. Locals reported about a column of smoke which was rising near the Motor garage cooperative, and an explosion on Druzhba Street.

As reported by Volodymyr Kovalenko, the mayor of Nova Kakhovka, the witnesses saw a missile fragment hit a residential building,

Quote: "There is no information about victims. A powerful blast wave broke all the windows in a residential building on this side and broke the branches of the surrounding trees but there was no fire.

The apartments from the first to fourth floor in this building were destroyed, it is as if the fragment cut them in half. At the moment there are few people [in the city] and there should be no victims. But it will be confirmed later."

Details: Yurii Sobolevskyi, the first deputy-head of Kherson Oblast Council, remarked that all the circumstances of the incident are being clarified.

"Sadly, there might have been victims. It is unclear what exactly happened there because there is no clarification from the Armed Forces of Ukraine who are operational in this district. Our forces don’t strike cities and civil targets," Sobolevskyi stated.

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