Ukraine says it destroyed ammunition depot in Russian-occupied Kherson
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There was no immediate comment from Russia on the alleged attack.
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KHERSON – Ukrainian forces destroyed a “significant” ammunition depot near the Russian-occupied port city of Henichesk in the southern region of Kherson, spokesman for the Odesa military administration Serhiy Bratchuk said on Sunday.
“Our armed forces dealt a good blow in the morning – and a very loud one – in the village of Rykove, Henichesk district, in the temporarily occupied territory of the Kherson region,” Mr Bratchuk said in a morning video message.
“There was a very significant ammunition depot. It was destroyed.”
Reuters could not independently verify the information. There was no immediate comment from Russia on the alleged attack.
Ukrainian media posted videos showing a vast plume of smoke rising far on the horizon with sounds of blasts.
Rykove is about 20km from Henichesk, a port city along the Sea of Azov in southern Ukraine, which has been occupied by Kremlin forces since the early days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Meanwhile, a Russian-installed official acknowledged on Sunday that Ukraine had recaptured a village in the southern Zaporizhzhia region, its first gain on that front since it launched its counteroffensive earlier in June.
The official, Mr Vladimir Rogov, said Ukrainian forces had taken the settlement of Piatykhatky and were entrenching themselves there while coming under fire from Russian artillery.
“The enemy’s ‘wave-like’ offensives yielded results, despite enormous losses,” Mr Rogov said on the Telegram messaging app.
Heavy fighting continues in the area, he added. There was no immediate comment from Ukraine.
Also on Sunday, Russia’s Defence Ministry said its forces had repelled a series of Ukrainian attacks across three sections of the front line, where it said Ukraine was pressing most actively in the Zaporizhzhia region. But the statement did not mention the settlement Piatykhatky.
Russia says it is inflicting heavy losses on Kyiv’s forces and President Vladimir Putin said last week that Ukraine had “no chance” of success in the counteroffensive.
Ukraine said last week it had regained control of about 100 sq km of territory in just over a week, recapturing a string of villages in Donetsk region to the east. REUTERS
