Prior to the “referendum” in Kherson, the enemy was planning a provocative shot at the civilian population to accuse the Armed Forces of Ukraine of them.
The saboteurs were operating in areas liberated from Russian occupiers in southern Ukraine, trying to discredit the Ukrainian military. This was announced on Monday, April 18, in a message from Operational Command South.
“Preparing for the referendum in Kherson, the enemy is taking equipment and forces, in addition to openly false agitation, he is planning a provocative shelling of the civilian population to accuse the Armed Forces of Ukraine and create a negative image of the Ukrainian. authorities.Looking for various ways to discredit, the occupiers intensified subversive activity in areas liberated from them Thus, one night an attempt to bypass a sabotage and reconnaissance group in the rear was repulsed by our units. Under the fire, the enemy retreated, ”the report said.
It was also reported that in the Kherson-Nikolaev direction, the enemy was not abandoning attempts to shift its positions on the borders of the Kherson region, and in the Mykolaiv region it was delivering missile strikes.
The missile was destroyed by Ukrainian air defense forces. The fire was opened at Ochakov using the Uragan multi -launch rocket system with cluster shells prohibited by international conventions. One hit in residential areas was recorded, no casualties among the local population.
It was noticed that the grouping of enemy fleet ships in the Black Sea continued to obstruct shipping and threatened missile strikes. According to the Ukrainian military, an amphibious landing is not excluded, but unlikely.
The security and defense forces of the south are defending the region.
Earlier, Ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova said that the Russian occupiers plan to hold a “referendum” on the creation of the “Kherson People’s Republic” from May 1 to May 10. For this purpose, bulletins have already been printed on Novaya Kakhovka.
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Source: korrespondent
