Southern forces spokesperson Natalia Humeniuk said that the Ukraine-controlled western riverbank of Kherson Oblast was hit and there are casualties, though she didn't say how many.
Russian forces are using more complex tactics to attack targets in the south of Ukraine, Natalia Humeniuk, spokesperson of Ukraine's Southern Operational Command, said on air on Oct. 21. Their "main emphasis is now shifted to the air," Humeniuk said.
Five Russian Sukhoi attack planes carried out an attack against four settlements in Kherson Oblast's Beryslav district on Oct. 16, dropping nine guided aerial bombs, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin reported.
Five Russian fighter jets dropped aerial bombs in Kherson Oblast on the evening of 16 October. Source: Oleksandr Prokudin, Head of the Kherson Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram Details: According to preliminary information, nine guided bombs were released in four settlements of Beryslavskyi district.
Russian forces struck critical infrastructure in Kherson with two guided bombs, causing a partial blackout and running water supply interruptions, Roman Mrochko, the head of the Kherson city military administration, reported in a series of Telegram posts on Oct. 15.