The Russian Federation troops shelled Kherson: residential buildings, an infrastructure object and the cathedral were damaged

On the night of Monday, October 2, and early in the morning, Russian troops shelled Kherson. Oleksandr Prokudin, the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, reported that a fire broke out at the site of the hit in the center of the city. It was quickly eliminated. Head of the Kherson City Military Administration, Roman Mrochko, clarified that hits were recorded in various districts of Kherson. Private and multi-apartment buildings, two educational institutions, a civil infrastructure facility, and company premises were damaged.

As a result of the shelling, several fires broke out.

The press service of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate added that as a result of nighttime Russian shelling, the Holy Spirit Cathedral and the diocesan administration of the Kherson Diocese were damaged.

One of the projectiles hit the basement of the diocesan administration, as well as the territory of the cathedral, as a result of which the central entrance, facade, sacristy and utility rooms were damaged, and windows were broken.

Shelling of Kherson and the region takes place almost every day. On September 27, President Volodymyr Zelenskyi announced that he had given a separate order to the military in this direction.