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The Ukrainian military announced it had launched a number of counterattacks, including in the southern province of Kherson, but acknowledged that Russian forces there remained very strong.
“We have started offensive operations in multiple directions, including in the Kherson province area,” said Natalia Hummenyuk, a spokeswoman for the Army’s Southern Combat Command. Ukraine, said today, but declined to provide further details. “Every military operation must be kept secret.”
Attack on logistics line, Ms Humeniuk says Russia “Weakened the enemy” in southern Ukraine, but acknowledged that Moscow’s forces in the southern region are still very strong and have been consolidated for a long time.
The Russian Defense Ministry did not comment on the information.
The Russian-appointed city government of Novakakhovka in Kherson province ordered residents to evacuate to bunkers due to repeated shelling by Ukrainian troops. “In the past 24 hours, there have been at least 10 rocket launches, each with 6 to 8 or more. Much infrastructure and people’s property were damaged,” said Vladimir Leon, leader of the Kakhovka district Dieff said.
Ukrainian BM-21 rockets were deployed in mid-August. photo: Reuters.
army Ukraine At the end of May, a small attack was launched in the southern province of Kherson, Russia Controlled from the start of the war, claiming to have caused losses and “forced the enemy to defend from a disadvantageous position”. In the months that followed, Kyiv repeatedly announced that it would retake Kherson in a massive counteroffensive that could change the battlefield.
Ukrainian officials have repeatedly claimed that the outcome of the hostilities would be decided on the southern front, and suggested a series of explosions at Russian rear bases signaled the start of a counteroffensive.
Although Ukraine has received billions of dollars in weapons aid from the United States and its European allies, many questions remain about the operation’s ability to carry out. HIMARS rockets bombed multiple Russian positions in Kherson, but the Russians also responded violently with various firepower, causing the infantry on both sides to mainly consolidate defensive positions and bunkers instead of advancing, leading to a confrontation.
Kherson, the capital of the province of the same name, is the gateway for Russian troops to push westward and target the key port city of Odessa. Russian forces had control of Kherson from the start of the war, but failed to expand its momentum westward due to Ukrainian resistance.
The Ukrainian Southern Military District Command claims to have recaptured dozens of villages north of Kherson, but this is an area where Russian troops have little presence. Analysts say it will be more difficult to attack other parts of Kherson province.
After more than 6 months of fighting, the situation on the Ukrainian battlefield. Graphics: New York Times.
Pushing the enemy away from fortified defensive positions is one of the biggest challenges facing both sides of the war in Ukraine. The Russians had to soften the battlefield with overwhelming artillery fire, paving the way for an infantry advance during the fighting in the eastern province of Luhansk.
Ukrainian military commanders and analysts said any advance attempt in Kyiv would require the deployment of more troops and equipment than in Kherson in recent months, and questioned the ability of the current situation to mobilize troops to “soften the battlefield”. Kherson’s counteroffensive campaign.
Wu Ying (follow Reuters)
