The city, located in the Kherson region in southern Ukraine, was deprived of electricity after “intense” Ukrainian artillery fire, according to local authorities installed by Russia.
The town of Nova Kakhovka, located in the Kherson region in southern Ukraine, was deprived of electricity on Saturday after “intense” Ukrainian artillery fire, local authorities installed by Russia said.
“Due to intense artillery fire today (…) Nova Kakhovka remained without electricity”, indicated in a press release the military and civil administration installed by Russia in this city, which had 45,000 inhabitants before the start of the Russian offensive in Ukraine in February 2022.
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Repair work to restore electricity will begin as soon as the “cruel” artillery fire ends, the statement said, citing “damage” to the municipal power plant and transmission lines.
Moscow has been claiming since September 2022 the annexation of the Kherson region, which its forces only partially control. The Russian military even suffered a major setback last year in Kherson, being forced to abandon the regional capital of the same name.
At the end of March, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry announced that Russian forces had withdrawn from their positions in Nova Kakhovka, where a hydroelectric dam is located. This information was later denied by the Ukrainian general staff, who admitted an error.
