According to the ISW, Ukrainian forces made gains at several significant locations on the western bank of the Dnieper River, cutting two bridges across the river and interfering with Russias efforts to maintain supplies via barge and ferry. This is likely Russias least saturated front-line sector since Russia has given the top priority tohostilities in Donbas, where it has deployed nearly 50 BTGs within the most crucial zone between Izium and Bakhmut. Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric'. May 29, 2022. I will not be surprised if it turns out that Ukrainian scout groups infiltrate the Russian-held zone to probe their defenses and see how deep it is possible to go, said Igal Levin, a Ukraine-born Israeli defense expert. [112][113][114], From 1 to 2 September, Russian milbloggers reported further Ukrainian advances, but also a series of successful Russian counter-attacks. A destroyed Russian -72B3 tank pictured outside Kyiv on June 7, 2022. [115][116] On 2 September, a day of mourning was declared by Ukrainian authorities in Zaporitzhya, after the heavy losses suffered by the native 128th Mountain Assault Brigade during the opening days of the offensive. After a long, grinding assault, the bulk of the Russian forces retreated across the Dnipro to the east, and Ukrainian forces retook the city of Kherson on Nov. 11 without opposition. [142] Ukrainian forces reached the village of Novopetrivka. ", "Kherson region to integrate into Russia's system of education regional authorities", "How Russia Took Over Ukraine's Internet in Occupied Territories", "Russia hands out passports in occupied Ukraine cities", "The Russian Occupation of Ukraine's Southern Regions", "Ukraine latest updates: 600 Ukrainians held captive in Kherson", "ACLED Regional Overview Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia (4 10 June 2022) Ukraine | ReliefWeb", "A creeping annexation. All quotes delayed a minimum of 15 minutes. Just as important to Russia's southern strategy is its. In the early days of the war, Russian troops captured several cities in Southern Ukraine, including Melitopol and Kherson,[29][user-generated source? One example was the attack on a giant munitions dump in Nova Kakhovka on July 11. Read also: Russia shells Kherson Oblast almost 80 times in the past day, killing two, injuring seven. [168] During Zelenskyy's speech in Kherson on 14 November, the NOS described the situation on the ground as "a sort of unspoken ceasefire", and that "both belligerents had taken a kind of break and were not extensively shooting at each other." A key bridge into the city of Kherson is now out of action after Ukrainian forces struck . Meanwhile, the South Command of the Ukrainian military reported that three enemy observation points on the left (eastern) bank of the Dnipro River had effectively been destroyed. PUTIN-BACKED DONBAS LEADER SAYS IT'S TIME TO LIBERATE KYIV IN RENEWED THREAT TO UKRAINE'S CAPITAL. They need far more HIMARS, far more drones and, as you say, modern planes. He suggested that by encouraging the Russians to bring soldiers to the western side of the Dneiper and then attacking the bridges, it was creating a trap for them. Meanwhile, Russia and Ukraine continued to conduct air strikes in the area, with Ukraine's Southern Operational Command claiming successful hits on three river crossings (Antonivka and Darivka bridges, and the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant) and two Russian battalion tactical groups. 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Russian sources also reported that Ukrainian forces liberated settlements on the Lyubomyrivka-Bilaivka-Novoolesandrivka line. [10], By 24 September, U.S. officials assessed that the Russian situation at the Kherson frontline was deteriorating, with the local troops suffering from poor morale and largely cut off from supply lines due to the loss of bridges across the Dnipro River. The Dnipro River is nearly 350 meters wide near the city. Nejde o dn sebevraedn Banzai toky, ktermi se proslavila Zelenskho hlavn komisaka Zauhl, jak jsme informovali pi na analze bitvy o Severodonck! KHERSON, Ukraine, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Vladyslav Antoniuk felt euphoric three months ago when he returned to his home city Kherson, the day Ukrainian troops rolled back in and jubilant residents waved blue and yellow flags in the main square to celebrate. [31][32] In Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Russian troops pushed north and successfully defeated Ukrainian servicemen at the Battle of Enerhodar, thus seizing the city and the adjacent Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, the largest nuclear plant in continental Europe. Read also: Russians strike public transport stop in Kherson, killing six and injuring 12. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Prokudin previously led Kherson region's National Police department. [88] On 26 July, Antonivka Road Bridge was hit again by a Ukrainian HIMARS missile strike. If the highway is cut off by Ukraine, Russian forces would have no way of getting across the Dnipro. [91][92][93] On 9 August, explosions heavily damaged the Russian airbase at Novofedorivka, Crimea. Ukrainian infantry has so far been good at carrying out operations in smaller units., Read also:How Western heavy weaponry can make a difference in the war in Ukraine. Ukrainian advances were also reported at Ternovi Pody and Lyubomyrivka. People help each other in their own way," he said. A Russian military truck drives past an unexploded munition during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the Russia-controlled village of Chornobaivka, Ukraine July 26, 2022. They cant have a wholesome line of trenches. As a result, Ukraine has liberated a total of 44 villages and towns, according to Ukraine's local military-civilian administration in Kherson Oblast. Ukraine has already launched campaigns in Kherson Oblast as a counterweight to Russia's large-scale offensive in Donbas. On Wednesday, Russian shells hit a bus stop in the city centre, killing six people and wounding a dozen. Advancing Ukrainians should avoid over-concentrating and move forward as company-based units saturated with man-portable anti-aircraft systems to work against Russian close support aircraft, Levin believes. Read also: Russian saboteurs active near Kherson, five groups on boats destroyed in one day Later, in the last days of August, Ukraine launched a long-heralded counter-offensive on Kherson Oblast, after first attacking with its HIMARS long-range, GPS-guided rockets the main bridge supplying Russian forces in west-bank Kherson Oblast. Access unmatched financial data, news and content in a highly-customised workflow experience on desktop, web and mobile. Should Russian S-300s, S-400s, Tor-Ms, and Buk-Ms air defense systems be largely suppressed particularly by the HIMARS which have already proved capable of destroying S-400s in occupied Luhansk on July 13 Ukrainian Bayraktar TB2 drones would have a green light to strike. [11] Ukrainian officials also claimed that they had hit and destroyed a large Russian base in the area[106] amid a general increase of Ukrainian air and artillery bombardments of Russian positions. Russia invaded most of Kherson Oblast, in the south of Ukraine, in the early part of Moscows full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The dam also serves as a bridge, along which the M14/P47 highway runs. And, according to CITs Kirill Mikhailov, the more military power Russia is deploying to Kherson, the more problematic its logistics inevitably becomes due to the local terrain. VideoRecord numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. [101], The Institute for the Study of War has credited the Ukrainian southern offensive with allowing the Kharkiv offensive to be so successful. In an update on Facebook, the General Staff wrote that "[d]ue to fears of de-occupation of Ukrainian territories," Moscow's officials in the Russian-occupied cities of Oleshka and Skadovsk [] Among experts polled by the Kyiv Independent, these Ukrainian operations carried out by small groups were more attempts to probe Russian defenses and keep Russian forces away from Donbas rather than operations to make substantial territorial gains. While quickly managing to capture the city of Kherson on the western bank of the Dnipro, Russian forces were unable to proceed much further into Mykolaiv Oblast, and had to give up plans for an overland assault on the key Ukrainian port city of Odesa. Ukraine mounted a new counteroffensive Sunday to reclaim land around the southern . Ukraines counteroffensive, which began on September 6, took the Kremlin by surprise, both in terms of speed and the dynamism of advances with large pockets in Kharkiv oblast being reclaimed. Has done short reporting stints in Afghanistan, Pakistan . [11] Among these were the villages of Sukhyi Stavok,[11] Novodmytrivka[uk], Arkhanhelske, Tomyna Balka[uk] and Pravdyne. This first phase would only be considered successful once Russian forces are blocked and cut off from supplies and reinforcements. Writing: Kyiv's long discussion and then an announcement of a counter-offensive operation aimed at Kherson Oblast drew substantial Russian troops away from the sectors on which Ukrainian forces have conducted decisive attacks in the past several days,[102], On 29 August, Zelenskyy announced the start of a full-scale counteroffensive to retake Russian-occupied territory in the south, a claim that was corroborated by the Ukrainian parliament as well as Operational Command South. Due to the lack of roads in the oblast and few bridges across the Dnipro River, Russian logistics are slower in Kherson. 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Kyiv has declared its intentions to liberate the only regional capital captured by Russia following theFeb. 24 full-scale invasion. KRAMATORSK, Ukraine Ukrainian soldiers, seeking to spread Russian forces thin, launched a counteroffensive on Sunday in Kherson, the key southern city that Moscow considered so . The hard blockade would take time, experts said. What would a Ukrainian counter-offensive in Kherson look like? [1] The 109th DPR Regiment was a conscript unit which was known to serve on garrison duty in the Kherson area. Ukraine lost Kherson as early as March 2, amid little armed resistance, as Ukraines defenses in the south quickly collapsed to Russias heavy blitz. Russian troops withdrew from the key towns of Izyum and Kupiansk, saying that the retreat would allow its troops to "regroup". See here for a complete list of exchanges and delays. [91][94] However, Al Jazeera argued that both sides had seemingly fought each other to a standstill, with a major Ukrainian offensive not materializing. Russian forces operating in the East are believed to include regular Russian troops, mobilised servicemen, Wagner private contractors, Chechen units and personnel from the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics. As of now, the 200-kilometer-long Kherson frontline bordering Mykolaiv Oblast is being held by considerably depleted parts of Russias 49th Combined Arms Army, including elite airborne units, the 22nd Army Corps, and units with Rosgvardiya. In a first since the war began, Russia acknowledged its defeat in the region. Ukraine has already launched campaigns in Kherson Oblast as a counterweight to Russias large-scale offensive in Donbas. Ukraine says it has recaptured 8,000 square kilometres (3,090 square miles) of territory from Russian forces this month. Russian forces are continuing to conduct ground attacks near Bakhmut and Siversk.Ukraine says it has successfully held off the latest assaults, with intense fighting concentrated on the road network. Has done short reporting stints in Afghanistan, Pakistan, France and Brazil and covered Hurricane Michael in Florida, Tropical Storm Nate in New Orleans and the 2016 Alberta wildfires and the campaign trails of political leaders during two Canadian election campaigns. Russia used heavy artillery to keep Ukrainian forces at a distance . Build the strongest argument relying on authoritative content, attorney-editor expertise, and industry defining technology. Ukrainian officials reported that Russian forces may be preparing for offensive operations in Zaporizhia and Kherson oblasts. 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After months of preparations for a counter-offensive in the south around Kherson, Ukraine launched a surprise attack in the northeastern Kharkiv Oblast, catching Russian troops off-guard and . According to estimates, Russia may have deployed at least over 10 battalion tactical groups (BTGs) to the area. Ukraine's army is waging its first major offensive against the Russians. Meanwhile, Ukrainian attacks also continued along the southern frontline, though reports about territorial changes were largely unverifiable. The current Russian push towards Bakhmut followed a major defeat in the east in September when Russian units were forced back in the Kharkiv region. FILE - A Russian serviceman patrols a street in Kherson, amid Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, May 20, 2022. [81][82] By the afternoon, Ukrainian authorities claimed that Russian forces were transferring equipment to the left bank of the Dnieper, creating roadblocks within Kherson city in preparation for street battles. Enter your email to follow this blog and receive customized notifications of new posts by email. Aug. 29, 2022, 8:37 AM PDT. [119][120] On the same day, Russian milbloggers claimed that Ukrainian troops had captured Blahodativka village and withdrawn from a few positions near Sukhyi Stavok. Besides, a strong air defense would be necessary against Russian aviation based in large numbers in occupied Crimea. Russians are not capable of completely securing the whole duration of the giant frontline in Kherson, said Kirill Mikhailov of the Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT), an open-source investigative project. Both towns were major logistical hubs for Russian forces in Donbas. or redistributed. The most comprehensive solution to manage all your complex and ever-expanding tax and compliance needs. Britain's Defence Ministry said Ukrainian forces have probably established a bridgehead south of the Ingulets River, and had used new, long-range artillery to damage at least three of the bridges crossing the Dnipro. Ukrainian forces begin counter-offensive to retake Kherson Ukrainian troops are beginning their long-awaited counter-offensive to recapture the southern region of Kherson from. Russias logistical stretch in Kherson is the longest out any others in its war in Ukraine. Slava Ukraini!!! At a briefing reported on Monday afternoon, Nataliya Humenyuk, a spokesperson for Ukraine's southern command, said an offensive in . The effort to retake Kherson is Ukraine's first major counter-offensive against Russia. Military analysts consider the counteroffensive to be the third strategic phase of the war in Ukraine, along with the concurrent eastern counteroffensive, after the initial invasion and the Battle of Donbas. Ukraine's campaign to retake the occupied Kherson region is "gathering pace", Western military sources say. Donate here to help the displaced through the Salvation Army in Ukraine. Feb. 27, 2023, at 7:51 p.m. Russian Forces Hammer Ukraine's Bakhmut in Quest for Breakthrough in War. [141], By 4 October, as confirmed by Institute for the Study of War (ISW), several Russian and Ukrainian sources reported that Ukrainian forces captured Davydiv Brid, Mala Oleksandrivka, Velyka Oleksandrivka, Novodmytrivka, Starosiliya, Novomykhailivka, Dudchany on the shore of the Kakhovka Reservoir, Chereshneve, Novovoskresenske, Maiske, Petropavlivka, Trinofivka, Novavasilievka, Chervone, Novohryhorivka, Nova Kamyanka, Pyatykhatky, Sablukivka, and Kachkarivka after Russian forces abandoned them to avoid encirclement on 4 October. A key bridge into the city of Kherson is now out of action after Ukrainian forces struck . [85], Ukrainian forces destroyed a Russian ammunition depot in Radensk (approximately 26km (16mi) southeast of Kherson City) and unspecified Russian positions in Nova Kakhovka. (Laurent van der Stockt/Getty Images). He said his administration evacuates about 100 people from the city daily on trains and buses on a voluntary basis. These saturated areas are juicy targets for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS, recently provided by the U.S. to Ukraine. [49], By 11 March the Russian offensive had stalled on numerous fronts within Mykolaiv Oblast, prompting gradual retreat by the end of the month. VideoAt the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Why Covid lab-leak theory is now being taken seriously, Blackpink lead top stars back on the road in Asia, Exploring the rigging claims in Nigeria's elections, 'Wales is in England' gaffe sparks TikToker's trip, Ukraine war casts shadow over India's G20 ambitions, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Ukrainian forces continued to advance south in the direction of Nova Kakhovka, and geolocated footage showed that they liberated Mykhailivka, Havrylivka, and Novooleksandrivka along the T0403. The aftertaste is that all of this is but a remake of Russias retreat from northern Ukraine in April, he said. [106] An NPR journalist in the area confirmed the increased intensity of combat and that more Ukrainian forces were moving to the frontline. This is one of the favoring factors behind a potential Ukrainian counter-offensive. Legal Statement. Oct. 3, 2022 | By C. Todd Lopez , DOD News | As fighting continues in Ukraine, the Ukrainian military's counter-offensive operations in the south of their country have Russian forces in a. Ukraines 81st Airborne Brigade trooper takes cover during a Russian rocket attack near the town of Siversk in Donetsk Oblast on July 5, 2022. Ukraine would also have to cut off the Kakhovska Hydroelectric Power Plant in Nova Kakhovka some 55 kilometers east of Kherson. The war in Ukraine may be heading for its bloodiest phase yet, according to senior Ukrainian officials and western analysts, who say a long-threatened southern counteroffensive by Kyiv's forces . Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox. Washington CNN One week into a new counteroffensive, Ukrainian forces are making gains in the south, with the ambitious goal of taking back most of the Russian-occupied region of Kherson by. Ukrainian troops have won a major victory against Russia, taking control of the western Kherson region, including Kherson city. The territorial gains have been made while Moscow is focused on repelling Ukraine's southern counter-offensive around Kherson and could weaken Russia's hold on the Donbas region, analysts said. 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