Kherson

Kherson was overtaken quickly by Russia early in the war, but forces have ramped up to form what one expert has called a "coherent" counterattack.

The Ukrainian army also struck eight strongholds and concentrations of Russian equipment and personnel, OCS said. "This is a brilliant chance for Ukraine to regain its territories." Sasha Ustinova, a Ukrainian member of parliament, said then that the focus involved "a counterattack in the south to get Kherson back and to keep Mykolaiv." The command unit reported that on Sunday, Mykolaiv, which is under Ukrainian control, was struck twice by Smerch multiple-launch rocket systems, causing a fire on local infrastructure but no casualties. "The Russian army turned out to be cut off from the supply of arms and personnel from the territory of Crimea," the post added. officials for more help in targeting Russian supply chains that have aided its occupation of Kherson, Foreign Policy reported on August 10.

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The Ukrainian military on Monday started a long-awaited counter-offensive against Russian forces in the country's south, its southern command said on ...

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The Ukrainian Armed Forces' Southern Command announced on Monday that the long-awaited counteroffensive to retake the occupied territories in the south of ...

The city and the area around it is also the only area on the northwestern bank of the Dnieper river that Russian forces control. Nova Kahkovka, at the head of the reservoir, is also where the Nova Kakhovka hydroelectric dam is located. Kherson is the only regional capital the Russians managed to occupy since the launch of the full-scale invasion on February 24.

Ukraine and Russia blamed each other for strikes in Enerhodar, near Europe's biggest nuclear power plant, sparking fears of a Chernobyl-like disaster.

Russia has used an [array of weapons](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/23/russia-ukraine-weapons-missiles-nukes-drones/?itid=lb_war-in-ukraine-what-you-need-to-know_6&itid=lb_war-in-ukraine-what-you-need-to-know_9) against Ukraine, some of which have drawn the attention and concern of analysts. Fears of [a disaster at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/07/ukraine-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-plant-shelling/?itid=lb_war-in-ukraine-what-you-need-to-know_5) remain as both sides accuse each other of shelling it. [Russia-Ukraine crisis](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/ukraine-russia/?itid=lb_war-in-ukraine-what-you-need-to-know_13). [the agreement](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/07/22/ukraine-grain-deal-turkey-russia/?itid=lb_war-in-ukraine-what-you-need-to-know_1) hammered out by Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the United Nations in July. Russia’s blockade of Ukrainian Black Sea ports had sent food prices soaring and raised fears of more hunger in the [Middle East and Africa](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/07/23/ukraine-russia-grain-deal-global-food-crisis/?itid=lb_war-in-ukraine-what-you-need-to-know_2). [Subscribe to our channel](https://t.me/washingtonpost?itid=lb_war-in-ukraine-what-you-need-to-know_14) for updates and exclusive video. Ulyanov added that Russia “has made a significant contribution” to the planning of the mission. Towns near the plant were shelled late Sunday and into Monday, Ukrainian officials said. Humeniuk, however, would not comment on the size of the operation and confirmed only that “offensive actions” had begun. [@IAEAorg]'s Support and Assistance Mission to [#Zaporizhzhya](ISAMZ) is now on its way. Proud to lead this mission which will be in [#ZNPP]later this week. military officials in Washington said they did not yet have a clear picture of what was happening.

Kyiv's ability to retake a strategic city near Crimea will demonstrate whether it can effectively exploit its Western-backed advantages while imposing new ...

The Ukrainian government, however, seized news of the offensive to demonstrate other ways in which it feels emboldened. Analysts believe the moves also serve as an attempt to cover for its increasing inability to field an effective military force. Russia on Monday appeared to dramatically escalate its information warfare around the time the offensive began. “They have been making some small advances in and around the Kherson pocket for a while,” the official said. Kyiv can also field Western-supplied anti-ship weapons and underwater drones to threaten Russian naval positions and its key seaborne supply lines, observes Mark Hertling, the former top officer for U.S. Russia, meanwhile, continues to reel from massive casualties among its forces as the Kremlin produces few answers for bolstering its front-line troops.

President vows to push Russia's military back to the border as advisers report Ukrainian troops have breached frontline in several places.

Ukrainian troops have taken back four villages near the city of Kherson after breaking through the frontline in three places, CNN reported, quoting a Ukrainian military source, with the main “target” being Kherson. Humenyuk said Russian forces were strong and that even though morale was low among their ranks, “it was too early to relax”. To our border, the line of which has not changed.”

Local authorities say Ukrainian counteroffensive aims to repulse Russians across the Dnipro River; top pro-Russian official shot dead in occupied city, ...

Alexei Kovalev, “the deputy head of the military and civil administration in the Kherson region was killed by bullets,” the investigators said on Telegram. [Learn more](https://www.timesofisrael.com/why-we-publish-the-times-of-israel-in-arabic-and-persian?utm_campaign=arabic&utm_source=website&utm_medium=article_end&utm_content=1964F6) [Learn more](https://www.timesofisrael.com/why-we-publish-the-times-of-israel-in-arabic-and-persian?utm_campaign=arabic&utm_source=website&utm_medium=article_end&utm_content=1964F6) [Already a member? In another Kherson region city, Berislav, Russian news agencies reported that Ukrainian shelling had damaged a church, a school, and other buildings. Kherson, just north of the Crimea, the peninsula that Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014, was the first major city to fall to the Russians in the initial stages of the February 24th invasion. He said Ukrainian forces have suffered heavy losses in the area. Local authorities in Ukraine said Monday that Kyiv had launched a push in the south to repulse Russian troops across the Dnipro River and retake the occupied city.

A surge in fighting on the southern front line and Ukrainian claims of new attacks on Russian positions is feeding speculation that a counteroffensive to ...

Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of shelling the wider region around the nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest, time and again. nuclear watchdog team has arrived in Kyiv and is further preparing a mission to safeguard the Russian-occupied plant from nuclear catastrophe. And for its part, Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces had inflicted heavy personnel and military equipment losses on Ukrainian troops. From the other side, the Moscow-appointed regional leader of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, dismissed the Ukrainian assertion of an offensive in the Kherson region as false. “Even the barges have been destroyed. Tough battles are ongoing practically across all” of the strategic area.

Gunfire and explosions were reported in the strategic Ukrainian city seized by Russia in the weeks after its invasion.

[fired](https://tass.ru/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/15594221) over Kherson’s airspace Tuesday morning, the state-run TASS news agency reported. [ said](https://tass.ru/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/15593975) in comments to state-run TASS news agency. [ reported](https://most.ks.ua/news/url/v_merezhi_povidomljajut_pro_vulichni_boji_na_okolitsjah_hersona) intense shooting on the streets of central Kherson’s Pivnichnyi and Tavriiskyi neighborhoods.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed in his nightly address Monday that Ukrainian forces would take back their territory. He said Ukraine would chase ...

He said Ukraine would chase Russia’s forces “to the border.” defense official told reporters Monday that the United States would know more about Ukraine’s offensive near Kherson “in the next 24-36 hours.” The official said Ukrainian force numbers are gaining parity with Russian forces in the south. Russia’s defense ministry said Monday that Russian forces had stopped Ukrainian attacks in the Kherson and Mykolaiv regions and inflicted “heavy losses” on Ukrainian forces.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A surge in fighting on the southern front line and a Ukrainian claim of new attacks on Russian positions fed speculation Tuesday that a ...

Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of shelling the wider region around the nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest, time and again. nuclear watchdog team has arrived in Kyiv and is further preparing a mission to safeguard the Russian-occupied plant from nuclear catastrophe. And for its part, Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces had inflicted heavy personnel and military equipment losses on Ukrainian troops. From the other side, the Moscow-appointed regional leader of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, dismissed the Ukrainian assertion of an offensive in the Kherson region as false. “Even the barges have been destroyed. Tough battles are ongoing practically across all” of the strategic area.

Kyiv is seeking to disrupt Russian supply lines and isolate its forces, in what military analysts say could be the start of a broad counteroffensive.

will provide security and logistical support for the inspectors as they travel to the plant, officials said the safety of the delegation is the responsibility of those who control the territory they visit. “Until now, the world has had to rely on the word of Russia and Ukraine.” Lyman cautioned that the viability of the inspections would depend on the access Russia is willing to provide. visit “to prevent them from disclosing evidence about the crimes of the occupiers at the plant and its use as a military base.” They will be able to check on the safeguards in place, as well as the treatment of the Ukrainian workers who have been operating the plant under the watch of armed soldiers. The Russian military is experiencing major supply shortages in Ukraine, in part because of sanctions and export controls, forcing Russia to rely on countries like Iran for supplies and equipment. [a welcome new ally in Iran](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/19/world/europe/putin-ayatollah-erdogan-summit.html) to help it evade the sanctions imposed by much of the world after its invasion of Ukraine. The two types of drones being provided to Russia are the Iranian-manufactured Mohajer-6 and Shahed series. On Tuesday, Natalia Humeniuk, a spokeswoman for Ukraine’s southern military command, said that the country’s shelling in recent weeks had stopped Russia from bringing reinforcements and supplies to its forces fighting on the western bank of the Dnipro River. The United States has also called for the demilitarization of the area around the plant, to reduce the risk of a radiation release. The ministers will meet in Prague on Tuesday and Wednesday with the topic of a possible visa ban on ordinary Russians one of their main agenda items. Nikopol lies on the western bank of a reservoir formed by the dammed Dnipro; the Zaporizhzhia plant is on the eastern bank.

While it hasn't been confirmed who was involved in the shooting or whether Ukrainian troops were inside the city that Russia seized earlier in the war, Moscow- ...

[Ukrainian media reported](https://www.unian.ua/war/v-okupovanomu-hersoni-z-samogo-ranku-trivayut-vulichni-boji-11959833.html) that explosions rang out in Kherson on Tuesday morning with automatic rounds heard in the city and residents advised not to go outside and stay clear of windows. "Many would like a large-scale offensive with news about the capture by our military of a settlement in an hour," he wrote. Go home." Earlier, Ukrainian presidential adviser, Oleksiy Arestovych said his country's troops had broken through Russian defenses near the city. Meanwhile, Tass reported that at least five air defense missiles were fired over the city's airspace on Tuesday. [CNN](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/cnn) reported that Ukrainian troops had taken back four villages near Kherson that Russia had seized early on in the war and the provincial capital of the region with the same name that borders the Black Sea.

A surge in fighting on Ukraine's southern front is fueling speculation that the long-awaited Ukrainian counteroffensive to try to turn the tide of the war ...

And the city of Zaporizhzhia, about 50 kilometers (30 miles) from the plant, was targeted by a Russian missile strike, Ukraine said. Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of shelling the area over and over. Ukrainian authorities kept the world guessing about their intentions in the latest round of fighting and cautioned against excessive optimism in a conflict that has seen changing fortunes before. [Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant](https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-united-nations-climate-and-environment-dd93178c92cda9c898e2f8ffacbd1016) could lead to a catastrophe, a team of experts from the U.N. Tough battles are ongoing practically across all” of the area. Ukraine’s presidential office reported that “powerful explosions continued during the day and night in the Kherson region.

Ukrainian missile strikes and artillery fire hit the city on Monday night and continued into Tuesday morning on the second day of what Kyiv says is a counter- ...

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has vowed to take back the southern city which fell to Russia early in the war.

"Successfully retaking Kherson will enable the Turkish Navy to boost their existing cooperation with Ukraine," on that grain deal, Sevimlisoy said. "The city of Kherson is the only provincial capital to have fallen into Russian hands. Recapturing the region could give Kyiv's forces a launching pad for an offensive in Crimea, which has already been the scene of explosions not directly claimed by Kyiv. "They are trying to add Mykolaiv. The report said that Ukrainian forces had destroyed ammunition depots and all large bridges across the Dnieper River needed to bring supplies to Russian troops. Now it has become the focus of a reported counteroffensive by Kyiv's forces to take it back.

Ukrainian forces are trying to retake the Russian-occupied territory of Kherson, the military command announced on Monday. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said ...

"The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant basically controls all the electrical power for much of southern Ukraine and even beyond, so he can hold that power hostage. Ukraine has appeared to grow in confidence in recent weeks with the targeting of Russian-occupied territory in southern Ukraine including Crimea, which was annexed in 2014. It is currently recorded that the enemy has withdrawn from some of its positions," NBC News reported. "If they want to survive - it's time for the Russian military to run away. Most of the [Russian] units around Kherson are likely under-manned and are reliant upon fragile supply lines by ferry and pontoon bridges across the Dnipro," Britain's Ministry of Defense said Tuesday on Twitter. Ukraine needs our support, and we will continue providing support," Borrell told reporters as he arrived for the talks in Prague. in order to create a threat of a man-made disaster at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant." I hope we will have a political green light for this mission," he added, without giving details of the mission. "The firepower of the enemy was suppressed by return fire from the Russian Armed Forces. The ministry also claimed Ukrainian artillery fired two shells at the territory of the nuclear power plant. "Supporting Ukraine in a multitude of ways is and will remain a priority. The anticipated inspection of the ZNPP comes after increasing concerns for its safety given the surrounding warfare in the region.

Both sides claimed early success in what is expected to be a weeks-long push by Ukrainian forces to regain territory lost in the war's first months.

The port city, which had a prewar population of about 300,000, is an economic hub close to the Black Sea. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been outspoken in his determination to take the city back. "If they do not listen to me, they will deal with our defenders, who will not stop until they liberate everything that belongs to Ukraine." would make the offensive possible. Ukraine’s military said it used U.S.-provided high-precision HIMARS rocket launchers to “destroy almost all large bridges” linking Kherson to resupply lines from the occupied Crimean peninsula. Russian officials had a different take.