On the morning of April 16, the Russians attacked Kherson. In particular, four aerial bombs hit the building of the ice arena, destroying it.
This was reported by the Ukrainian police.
Thus, the Russian forces carried out an airstrike and artillery shelling on the Tavriyskyi neighborhood.
"Around 06:30, Russian pilots carried out an airstrike on a sports complex in the Central District of Kherson. Four guided bombs hit the building of the ice arena, as a result of which the facility was destroyed," the statement reads.
As a result of the shelling of Tavriyskyi, a 55-year-old man died from sustained injuries.
"Three women aged 20, 56, and 70, and two men aged 61 and 70 received injuries of varying degrees of severity," law enforcement noted.
A fire broke out at the site of the explosions. During the firefighting operation, Russian troops launched an artillery strike, which resulted in shrapnel damage to two State Emergency Service vehicles.
"The massive artillery shelling of Tavriyskyi lasted for almost half an hour. As a result of the shell explosions, 18 apartment buildings and private houses were damaged," the police added.
In addition, two educational institutions, three supermarkets, a post office, and nine civilian vehicles were damaged.
Before its destruction, the ice arena in Kherson was part of a list of 37 ice arenas built throughout the country before 2014. The ice palace in Kherson was built in 2008.
