On the night of July 11, local time, a violent explosion occurred in Novakakhovka in the Russian-controlled Kherson state, causing more than 90 casualties and missing so far.
At the same time, the fighting between Russia and Ukraine in the Donbas region is still fierce.
In addition, after Ukraine took control of Snake Island, the first foreign grain ships have arrived at Ukrainian ports.
The Russian-controlled Kherson military-civilian government said that on the evening of the 11th, the Ukrainian army hit a local warehouse containing saltpeter in Novakakhovka, and the market, hospital and houses near the warehouse were damaged.
Ukrainian media said the Ukrainian army hit a warehouse where at least 50 fuel tankers and about 200 "tornado" rockets were parked.
The official in charge of the new Kakhovka said that the Ukrainian army used the "Haimas" rocket launcher to launch the attack, and the explosion caused by the shelling caused the destruction of a nearby warehouse for storing humanitarian aid materials.
The Russian-controlled Kherson military-civilian government said that the Ukrainian attack on Novakakhovka has left 80 wounded, five dead and seven missing.
Ukrainian forces have launched a total of six attacks on the site, three of which were intercepted by air defenses.
At present, the rescue and clean-up work at the scene is still going on.
The Russian Ministry of Defense issued a battle report on the 12th that Russia continued to use high-precision weapons to strike multiple Ukrainian ammunition depots, artillery units and command posts in the Donetsk region.
In addition, 12 artillery shells fired by the Ukrainian "Hurricane" multiple-barrel rocket launcher were intercepted in Lisichansk in the Luhansk region, Polajkovka in Kharkov Oblast, and Novikahovka in Kherson Oblast.
According to a report by TASS on the 11th, citing the Luhansk armed forces, the Luhansk armed forces and the Russian army are advancing to Seversk, Bakhmut and Suledar in the Donbas region. More Ukrainian defenders are retreating to the outskirts of the city and building up fortifications on the outskirts.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Reznikov admitted that the Ukrainian army suffered heavy losses.
He pointed out that Ukraine needs a salvo rocket system with an operational radius of 150 kilometers.
At the same time, on the outskirts of Lisichansk, part of the Ukrainian army exchanged fire with the Russian army, and the Ukrainian side denied the claim that the Russian army "has complete control of Luhansk".
The Ukrainian Southern Command released news on the 11th that the Ukrainian army escorted eight foreign ships for exporting Ukrainian grain to Ukrainian ports through the Danube-Black Sea channel.