A missile strike was seen near the TV center in Kherson, Russian state agency RIA Novosti and Ukrainian media reported.
According to the Russian agency's correspondent, the strike was launched from Ukrainian positions by "at least two Tochka-U (NATO reporting name SS-21 Scarab B — editor's note) missiles and several Uragans (NATO reporting name SA-N-7B Grizzly — editor's note)."
At the same time, RIA Novosti's next report, citing a source, claims that "Ukrainian troops fired three Tochka-U missiles at Kherson, two of which were shot down."
A RIA Novosti correspondent, on the other hand, publishes photos of fragments of what is claimed to be Uragan missiles.
After the shelling, Russian TV channels, which the Russian authorities launched in the region after the occupation, stopped broadcasting, Ukrainian media reported.
The Ukrainian news agency UNIAN wrote that a residential building in Kherson was also shelled.
Officially, the parties to the conflict have not yet commented on what is happening in Kherson.
Odessa authorities also report an attempted nighttime drone strike. The UAV was shot down. There are also reports of nighttime strikes on Nikolaev from multiple rocket launchers.
On the evening of April 26, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that Kiev had lost control of the entire Kherson region, as well as parts of the Kharkov, Zaporozhye, and Nikolaev regions of Ukraine. The Russian military had appointed its representatives of the authorities in Kherson. The former mayor of Kherson, Volodymyr Sald, became the head of the region, and Alexander Kobets, a teacher at the Kherson State Maritime Academy school, became the mayor of the city.
Kherson has been under de facto occupation by Russian forces since March 2.
