[キーウ １２日 ロイター] –The Ukrainian army announced on the 12th that it attacked the Russian army and ammunition depot in the Russian-occupied town of Novakakhovka in southern Kherson Oblast with a long-range rocket gun at midnight on the 11th. The Ukrainian side is planning to recapture the area in a counterattack that mobilized hundreds of thousands of soldiers.
According to the military, the attack killed 52 Russian troops and destroyed ammunition depots as well as military vehicles. Ukraine claims that it has been able to effectively attack with the US-provided high-mobility rocket artillery system “Himars,” but the Ministry of Defense has not responded to requests for comment on the weapons used.
However, the Russian military and civilian government, which was unilaterally set up on the ground, explained that the attack killed at least 7 people, injured 70 people, and attacked civilians and private infrastructure facilities. Ukrainian troops have announced that a large-scale explosion has occurred in Hymers, attacking a warehouse that stores chemicals that are the source of fertilizers and gunpowder.
Russia’s Tass news agency subsequently reported that the fire caused by the explosion had been extinguished.
Ukraine says it will mobilize up to one million soldiers to recapture the strategic importance of access to the Black Sea from Russian troops in the southern region.
Turkey’s Defense Minister Akar met on the 12th with military representatives from the country and Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul with UN representatives to discuss resuming safe exports of grain retained in Ukraine during the war with Russia. Then it became clear.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres commented that he was “working hard, but still halfway” on talks to resume grain exports in the Black Sea.
The Office of the United Nations Higher Human Rights (OHCHR) announced on the 12th that more than 5,000 civilians have died in Ukraine since Russia launched its invasion on February 24. However, he said the actual number of victims is likely to far exceed this.