[Vesti] November 11 is the 261st day of the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Briefly about the main thing that is happening in the country on this day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .
04:30 . Vinnytsia region. As a result of the missile attack, there is the destruction of critical infrastructure. There are no victims.
06:00 . Nikolaevkskaya area. At nightthey fired at a residential quarter of Nikolaev. One of the rockets hit the five-story building, destroying apartments from the 1st to the 5th floor. It is known about 5 dead. President Volodymyr Zelensky called the blow a cynical response of the Russian Federation to the successes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the front.
08:00 . The General Staff confirmed the liberation of 12 settlements in the Kherson region: Dudchany, Pyatikhatki, Borozenskoye, Sadok, Bezvodnoye, Ishchenko, Kostromka, Krasnolyubetsk, Kalinovskoye, Bobrovy Ugol, Bezymyanny and Blagodatnoye.
Dnipropetrovsk region. The Nikopol region came under fire - the Russians fired more than 50 shells from Grads and heavy artillery.
Donetsk region. During the day, the Russians killed 2 civilians: in Bakhmut and Avdeevka. Another 5 people in the area were injured.
09:30 . Zaporozhye region. In Melitopol, an explosion thundered in the entrance of the house of "Deputy Minister for Culture" Andrei Boyko. With the capture of the city by the Russian army, he received the "position" of the "head of the department of culture and sports." RosSMI write that he is shell-shocked.
10:00 a.m. Kherson region. Destroyed Antonovsky bridge. According to the Russian military correspondent, the explosion was carried out closer to the left bank (the Russian army retreated there). The crossing was blown up by retreating Russian troops. According to the military correspondent, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have not yet entered there.
11:30 am . Nikolaevkskaya area. The number of those killed as a result of a missile attack on a 5-story building in Nikolaev increased to 6. Among the victims is a married couple. Their 16-year-old son survived because he was in the next room at the time of the impact.
12:00 . Kherson region. Ukrainian flags hung in Belozerka.
12:30 pm Kherson region. The Ukrainian Armed Forces entered the villages of Klapaya and Chaikino. The Russian Defense Ministry said that early in the morning they completed the transfer of Russian troops to the left bank of the Dnieper.
According to Ukraine, there are 2,000-4,000 Russian soldiers left in Kherson + those who have strayed from their units. Whether they have the task of holding positions and whether they will carry out the command is unknown.
There is also information that the Russian military does not linger on the left bank of the Dnieper, but is immediately sent to Crimea or through Melitopol to the controlled part of the Donetsk region.
Nikolaevkskaya area. The Armed Forces of Ukraine entered Romanovo, Snigirevsky district .
14:30 . There was an exchange of prisoners : Ukraine returned 45 servicemen. Also managed to return the bodies of 2 dead fighters.
15:00 . Kherson region. The civilians drove over a mine left behind by the Russian military. Four people were injured, including a 9-year-old child and a 14-year-old teenager. The condition of the children is moderate.
Kharkov region. Two children were blown up by a mine in the Saltovsky district of Kharkov. They were hospitalized.
15:15 . Kherson region. The flag of Ukraine appeared at the entrance to the Kherson region. The first fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reached the center of Kherson.
16:00 . The Armed Forces of Ukraine are preparing for massive shelling of Kherson, said Natalia Gumenyuk, press secretary of OK Yug. The fortifications of the Russian forces on the left bank are located quite close to the territories from which they retreated on the right bank.
18:00 . In the Donetsk region , the RF Armed Forces are trying to take Bakhmut at any cost , ignoring the losses. This was stated by the head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration Pavel Kirilenko.
20:50 . The Armed Forces of Ukraine took control of the entire Nikolaev region (except for Kinburn). This was announced by the head of the Nikolaev OVA Vitaly Kim. Kim also said that the water conduit from the Dnieper is under the control of Ukraine, but preliminary demining is required.
22:00 . Kakhovskaya HPP was damaged after the retreat of Russian troops . The dam across the Dnieper River in Nova Kakhovka was damaged.