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Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Visited Kherson Minutes Before Attack
Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Visited Kherson Minutes Before Attack
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The Ministry of Industry and Trade confirmed to Sputnik the visit of Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov to Kherson region and his stay at the area, which was hit by a missile attack by Ukrainian forces a few minutes after his departure.
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"The deputy prime minister traveled to the Kherson region, where he discussed with the leadership of the region assistance to residents of the flooded territories and providing them with essential goods, including medicines and food," the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade said.When asked whether he was at the site that was hit by UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles, the representative of the Ministry of Industry and Trade answered in the affirmative, confirming the information that had previously appeared online. "We confirm," the ministry said.After it became known about Manturov's stay in the Kherson region, the Ukrainian public broke out with threats to "get" the deputy PM on his next visit. On the night of June 6, Ukrainian troops launched a series of attacks on the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power plant (HPP), as a result of which the upper part of the station was destroyed, the reservoir dam itself was not damaged. There is an unregulated discharge of water.The head of the administration of Novaya Kakhovka, Vladimir Leontiev, laid responsibility for the destruction of the hydroelectric power station on Kiev regime forces. One of the goals of the bombing of the Kakhovka HPP is to deprive Crimea of water, said Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov.Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said that the Kiev regime blew up the Kakhovka HPP in order to transfer troops to the area of its offensive operations from the Kherson direction, weakening its positions there.According to the minister, Kiev committed a terrorist act that led to the flooding of large areas. The Kakhovka HPP is the sixth (lower and last) stage of the cascade of the Dnepr hydroelectric power plants, located five kilometers from the city of Novaya Kakhovka, Kherson region, which became part of Russia on September 30, 2022, following a referendum.
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Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Visited Kherson Minutes Before Attack
20:20 GMT 11.06.2023 (Updated: 10:22 GMT 12.06.2023) The Ministry of Industry and Trade confirmed to Sputnik the visit of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov to Kherson region minutes before a missile attack by Ukrainian forces.
"The deputy prime minister traveled to the Kherson region, where he discussed with the leadership of the region assistance to residents of the flooded territories and providing them with essential goods, including medicines and food," the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade said.
When asked whether he was at the site that was hit by UK-supplied
Storm Shadow missiles, the representative of the Ministry of Industry and Trade answered in the affirmative, confirming the information that had previously appeared online. "We confirm," the ministry said.
After it became known about Manturov's stay in the Kherson region, the Ukrainian public broke out with threats to "get" the deputy PM on his next visit.
On the night of June 6, Ukrainian troops launched a series of attacks on the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power plant (HPP), as a result of which the upper part of the station was destroyed, the
reservoir dam itself was not damaged. There is an unregulated discharge of water.
The head of the administration of
Novaya Kakhovka, Vladimir Leontiev, laid responsibility for the destruction of the hydroelectric power station on Kiev regime forces. One of the goals of the bombing of the Kakhovka HPP is to deprive Crimea of water, said Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said that the Kiev regime blew up the Kakhovka HPP in order to transfer troops to the area of its offensive operations from the Kherson direction, weakening its positions there.
According to the minister, Kiev committed a terrorist act that led to the flooding of large areas. The Kakhovka HPP is the sixth (lower and last) stage of the cascade of the Dnepr hydroelectric power plants, located five kilometers from the city of Novaya Kakhovka, Kherson region, which became part of Russia on September 30, 2022, following a referendum.
