"The Russian divisions of the armed forces have taken the regional center of Kherson under full control," Defense Ministry spokesperson Igor Konashenkov said in televised remarks, as RIA news agency reported.
In the southern city of Kherson, the Ukrinform news agency reported that Russian tanks fired on the offices of the Ukrainian intelligence agency SBU.
Anton Herashchenko, an advisor to the Ukrainian Interior Ministry, spoke of multiple civilian deaths and said the populace of Kherson was defending the city with petrol bombs. According to local reports, it is surrounded by hostile forces.
