Guerrillas blow up Russian headquarters, Russian forces shell Kherson: highlights for November 12

Strike on Russian headquarters

On November 11, a powerful explosion occurred at the headquarters of the Russian occupiers in the temporarily occupied Melitopol, Zaporizhzhya Oblast. As a result, at least three Russian officers were killed, the Defense Intelligence reported.

The blast, which the intelligence called a "vendetta," was organized by representatives of the local resistance movement. The explosion took place in the Russian-occupied Nova Poshta building on Dmytro Dontsov Street (the occupation authorities call it Pavlo Sudoplatov Street).

Russian soldiers have set up their headquarters in this building. The explosion occurred during a meeting of the FSB officers and the Russian Guard.

Shelling of Kherson

The occupation forces attacked Kherson. One of the hits was to the Honchar regional universal scientific library. A 64-year-old man died in his own yard as a result of shelling in the Dniprovskyi district of Kherson.

His wife was hospitalized with explosive, closed head injuries, shrapnel wounds to the legs, and a concussion. The 64-year-old woman is in moderate condition.

The library building was heavily damaged. A fire also broke out. Rescuers extinguished it for more than an hour and a half. There were no casualties.

A rally in Kyiv

Relatives of the military held a rally in Kyiv. "You can't win a war on one shoulders alone," "We demand demobilization timeframes," "It's time for others," protesters chanted on Independence Square. More than 100 people gathered in the center of the capital, mostly women: wives and mothers of soldiers who have been at the front since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Russia.

Explosion at a gas station

An explosion occurred at an OKKO gas station in Kharkiv. OKKO's communications department told hromadske that the fire at the filling station was not caused by an explosion of a gas pump, as some Telegram channels write, but rather by an explosion inside a car, which caused the fire.

The driver of the car inside which the explosion occurred was hospitalized and is alive. The staff and other customers were not injured. The fire was extinguished within 10 minutes. The fire did not spread to other equipment at the gas station. One gas pump burned down, and the canopy and glass were smashed by the blast wave.

Germany may increase aid to Ukraine

The German government will double its military aid to Ukraine. Soon, the country's parliament should approve an additional 4 billion euros, Bloomberg writes, citing its own sources. Thus, next year, military support from Germany may total 8 billion euros.

If the German parliament approves additional support for Ukraine, Germany's defense spending will exceed 2% of the country's GDP, the minimum required by all NATO members.