The American spacecraft Worldview-2 conducted a survey of the city of Novaya Kakhovka in the Kherson region three days before this settlement was subjected to a rocket attack by a multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) from Ukraine. This is reported by RIA Novosti .
"The shooting was carried out on July 8, and as a result of a missile strike on July 11, according to local authorities, 7 people were killed and 40 wounded," the publication says.
In July, RIA Novosti reported that the American satellite GeoEye-1 was shooting Belgorod a few days before the shelling of this city from Ukraine.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine fired A new Kakhovka on the night of July 12. According to the latest data, 7 people were killed and 70 injured as a result of the strike.
The Worldview-2 Earth observation satellite was launched in October 2009. A spacecraft manufactured by Ball Aerospace & Technologies, owned by the American company DigitalGlobe. The satellite allows you to get images of the planet's surface in the optical and near infrared ranges.