On January 9, Russian troops shelled

due to the successes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Kinburn spit.

Currently, this territory of the Mykolaiv region is not controlled by any party.

Nataliya Gumenyuk, head of the press center of the Security and Defense Forces of OK "South" stated this on the air of "24 channel".

"This is the enemy's reaction to our combat successes: the Armed Forces of Ukraine covered a concentration of Russian troops and equipment on the Kinburn spit. The response was a massive attack on Ochakov," she emphasized.

Humenyuk said that the soldiers of the Russian army enter the Kinburn spit, deploy equipment, shoot, and then immediately run away.

After all, "they understand that they will get an answer."

"Yesterday, we (ZSU - Ed.) studied their positions on the Kinburn spit," said the representative of the OC "Pivden".

Humenyuk also said that recently the occupiers have intensified aerial reconnaissance with drones.

In particular, they "entered from the sea - directly in the direction of Ochakiv".

Attack on Ochakiv

Yesterday, January 9,

According to the results of the shelling, about 50 objects - these are houses and apartments - were damaged. 

 As a result of the shelling

, including a two-year-old child.

Windows and roofs of buildings were damaged in most of the city.

The explosive wave also damaged roofs and windows in Chornomorska, Kutsurubska and Berezanska communities.

Also, the head of OVA Vitaly

According to him, next to the military unit, which was shelled for months, there was a warehouse of old anti-ship mines from the Second World War.

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