Russians destroy bridges and damage dam: satellite images of Kherson Oblast
Satellites of Maxar Technologies company have detected the destruction of crossings and bridges in Kherson Oblast, as well as a dam in Nova Kakhovka.
Source: New York Times journalist Christian Triebert on Twitter
Details: The photos were made on 11 November at 10:25. They show a few destroyed spans of the Antonivka Road Bridge.
A bridge over the Inhulets River in the settlement of Darivka was also ruined to the north-east of the Antonivka Road Bridge.
In addition, the Antonivka Railway Bridge was destroyed, as the satellite images show.
Significant damage is also visible on a dam of Nova Kakhovka where there are no northern sections and sluice gate.
Previously: On 11 November, Russian media published photos and videos of the destroyed Antonivka Road Bridge near Kherson, claiming that it had been blown up by the occupiers when they left the city for the left bank of the Dnipro River. Kherson’s local media reported that the Russians started placing mines on Kherson’s infrastructure facilities before retreating; they blew up boiler rooms, a TV tower, and an energy facility.
Background:
- On 9 November, Sergei Surovikin, the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian occupying forces in Ukraine, announced that Russian troops were leaving the city of Kherson. The Office of the President of Ukraine announced that the government saw no signs of Russia retreating from Kherson without a fight.
- On 11 November, the Defence Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine reported that Kherson was being brought back under the control of Ukraine and that the Armed Forces of Ukraine were entering the city. The retreat routes of the Russian occupiers are under the fire control of the Ukrainian army.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy informed that the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were in Kherson; other Ukrainian troops were on the outskirts of the city.
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