GENICHESK, July 15. /TASS/. Russian forces destroyed three boats and 12 Ukrainian troops in the enemy’s attempt to cross the Dnieper River in the Kherson area, a spokesman for the regional emergency services reported on Saturday.
"In the past 24 hours, an attempt by a Ukrainian armed formation to cross the Dnieper near the settlement of Sofiyevka in the island zone was thwarted as a result of damage by firepower inflicted by units of the Dnepr battlegroup. Three boats and 12 militants of the Ukrainian armed forces were destroyed," the spokesman said.