Russian troops control the city of Novaya Kakhovka in the Kherson region, its mayor Vladimir Kovalenko said. At the same time, fighting in Kharkov is reported.
“New Kakhovka in the Kherson region is completely under the control of Russian troops, they captured the city executive committee, removed all Ukrainian flags from the buildings,” Mr. Kovalenko quotes Suspіlne Kherson.
At the same time, the head of the administration of the Kharkiv region Oleg Sinegubov informedthat Russian technology broke into the city center. The Russian Defense Ministry did not report anything about the fighting in Kharkov, but stated that yesterday, February 26, in the Kharkov region, the 302nd anti-aircraft missile regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, equipped with Buk M-1 air defense systems, voluntarily laid down its arms and surrendered.
On the morning of February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the start of a military operation in the Donbass. The armed forces of the Russian Federation attacked the military infrastructure, air defense facilities, airfields of Ukraine. Explosions and shooting are heard in large cities of Ukraine. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukrainian troops would not lay down their arms. Western countries imposed sanctions against Russia, including against Vladimir Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
