At night, heavy fighting was taking place near Kherson for the Antonovsky bridge over the Dnieper. Kherson Mayor Igor Kolikha wrote about on his Facebook page.

“You woke up (from sleep) in Ukraine, this is the main news today, taking into account what is happening in our country now.

Heavy fighting was taking place at night over the Antonovsky bridge. It still remains under our control.

Yesterday, Kherson’s friend, philanthropist and volunteer, member of the political council Yuri Rozhkov, who was helping our military at that moment, came under fire. His condition is serious. At the same time, the deputies of the municipality organize assistance to our territorial defense providing goods, food, and medicine.

Public transport is free. BUT A BIG REQUEST․ Do not go outside without urgency. “Stay at home,” he said.

It should be reminded that in the early morning of 24 February, Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a message announcing the decision to launch a special military operation in Donbas: “Circumstances require decisive and immediate action from us.”

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that from 05:00 (07:00 Yerevan time) on Thursday, the Russian Armed Forces carried out intensive attacks on Ukrainian military facilities and airports.

It all started with a rocket attack on the Ukrainian city of Mariupol. The “Smerch” volley fire jet system is launched in Kharkov. The airports are being shelled. They hit the Kiev area with missiles. Russian troops cross the land border of Ukraine. The tanks enter Kharkov. The mayor of Kiev Vitali Klitschko addresses the citizens, and the military applies to the Russians. The Verkhovna Rada is imposing martial law in Ukraine. Russia closes 14 airports. Zelensky asks everyone to keep calm. The air alarm signal turns on. CNN shows Russian tanks crossing the border into Ukraine from Belarus.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko denies the news.