While Ukraines counteroffensive does not signal an end to the war, it could suggest a shift of momentum in favour of Ukraine. [130] The mayor of Melitopol reported that Russian forces were abandoning the city and were moving to Russian-held Crimea. In general, a successful operation of this kind would require several fully equipped and strong infantry brigades enjoying very strong air cover and strong counter-battery capabilities against Russian tubed and rocket artillery. [160][161][162] The troops were met by crowds chanting "Slava Ukraini!" On 10 September 2022, Taras Berezovets stated that the southern counteroffensive had been part of a "disinformation campaign" to distract Russia from the real counteroffensive being prepared in the Kharkiv oblast. 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. [127], On 13 September, that Russian forces had withdrawn from Kyselivka, a settlement 15km from Kherson. Ukrainian forces destroyed Russian pontoon bridges. People help each other in their own way," he said. She said the support she got from other teams was 'overwhelming. The best they can have is strong points in certain populated areas or road junctions. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Russian forces are defending in Zaporizhia and Kherson oblasts but are trying to create conditions that will allow Russian forces to conduct offensives in some unspecified areas . Read the original article on The New Voice of Ukraine, Russia shells Kherson Oblast almost 80 times in the past day, killing two, injuring seven, Russian saboteurs active near Kherson, five groups on boats destroyed in one day, Russians strike public transport stop in Kherson, killing six and injuring 12, Chicago Mayor Lightfoot ousted; Vallas, Johnson in runoff, King asks Duke and Duchess of Sussex to move out of Frogmore so Prince Andrew can move in, Biden Mocks Marjorie Taylor Greene With 1 Simple Hand Gesture, A Nebraska high-school cheerleader competed on her own after the rest of her squad quit. What would a Ukrainian counter-offensive in Kherson look like? With the two Antonivksy bridges destroyed, the only other way to make it across the Dnipros right bank is in Ukrainian-controlled Zaporizhzhia over 200 kilometers away from Kherson. Meanwhile, Ukraine intensified its attacks on Russian concentration points, ammunition depots, bridges and other targets. Within four days, Ukraine nullified four months of success of the Russian army that cost them a huge amount of victims, Nikolay Mitrokhin, a Russian expert at Germanys Bremen University, told Al Jazeera. On 9 December, some Ukrainian officials, such as presidential advisor Oleksii Arestovych and Lieutenant Colonel Konstiantyn Mashovets, as well as some unofficial Russian sources, claimed that Russian forces, specifically the 80th Arctic Motor Rifle Brigade, 25th Spetsnaz Regiment, and 4th BARS Special Combat Army Reserve, had re-occupied the island following a successful amphibious operation. Read also:Ukraine targets Russias ammunition depots, undermining its artillery advantage. "Russia's 49th Army, stationed on the west bank of the Dnipro River, now looks highly vulnerable," it said in a regular intelligence bulletin on Twitter, adding that Kherson was virtually cut off from the other territories occupied by Russia. [143] Novovasylivka, Novohryhorivka, Nova Kamyanka, Tryfonivka and Chervone in the Beryslav Raion were officially under the control of Ukrainian forces as late as 12 October. [169], According to Ukraines Operational Command South, on 15 November Ukrainian rocket and artillery units attacked Russian positions on the left bank of the Dnieper River and in the area of the Kinburn Spit. On 10 August, an unnamed Ukrainian military official told Politico that the counteroffensive had begun in earnest on 9 August. Also in the south, Russia has continued air, missile and artillery strikes in recent days, with targets including Zaporizhzhia City.Ukraine says it has also struck Russian positions in Zaporizhzhia region.Russian forces are forcibly mobilising men in Melitopol and Zaporizhzhia, and forcing them to construct trenches and other defences, according to the ISW. At a briefing reported on Monday afternoon, Nataliya Humenyuk, a spokesperson for Ukraine's southern command, said an offensive in . The Battle of Kherson was a military engagement between Russian and Ukrainian forces that began on 24 February 2022 as part of the southern Ukraine offensive of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.The battle ended on 2 March 2022 with the capture of the city of Kherson and a pocket of land on the right bank of the Dnieper river by Russian forces. Nonetheless, due to its strategic importance, the Russian military refused to leave it despite constant losses. 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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. This counter-offensive escalated in September, when Ukraine drove back Russian forces, retaking the cities of Izyum and Kupiansk, both key supply hubs for Moscow's forces. [33] Russian forces also pushed east, reaching the Donetsk/Zaporizhzhia administrative borders, thereby creating a land bridge connecting Crimea with the Russian mainland. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. He announced that they had been killed in Kherson by Ukrainian artillery attacks in the region. A military counteroffensive was launched by Ukraine on 29 August 2022 to expel Russian forces occupying the southern regions of Kherson and Mykolaiv oblasts. [52] The Ukrainian military took advantage[53] with attacks in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts, forcing Russian troops out or several fortified positions south of the Inhulets river. You've successfully subscribed to this newsletter! On July 12, social media users and local media in occupied Melitopol posted videos showing an endless Russian military column moving towards Kherson. [80] Ukrainian troops struck Nova Kakhovka, a Russian command post in Kherson city, with HIMARS missiles, and claimed it killed 12 officers and a Russian major general. Russia invaded most of Kherson Oblast, in the south of Ukraine, in the early part of Moscows full-scale invasion of Ukraine. [10], On 2 October, just two days after Russia's annexation of Kherson along with the Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk and Donetsk regions, and a day after Ukrainian forces recaptured the strategic Lyman railway junction in the Donetsk region, Ukrainian forces started the counteroffensive along the line from Arkhanhelske to Osokorivka in the Kherson region south of the Kherson-Dnipropetrovsk border. [61] On 30 August, shootouts and explosions were recorded in the city, which Russian officials attributed to "spies and saboteurs. On 11 July, the Ukrainian army reported that it had recaptured the village of Ivanivka[uk] in Kherson Oblast. The map below shows the areas recaptured by Ukraine since September 6. The same day, Russian forces continued air and artillery strikes on Dnipropetrovsk, Kryvyi Rih, and Mykolaiv with Uragan rockets. [109] The Ukrainian government and military largely refused to talk about territorial changes on the offensive's first day, though anonymous Ukrainian officials, Western journalists and a number of Russian milbloggers reported that Ukrainian troops had captured several settlements north and northwest of Kherson, at a bridgehead across the Inhulets River, as well as south of the Kherson-Dnipropetrovsk Oblast border. FILE - A Russian serviceman patrols a street in Kherson, amid Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, May 20, 2022. [39][40] By early July, Russia controlled 95% of Kherson Oblast, 70% of Zaporizhzhia Oblast and 10% of Mykolaiv Oblast. Kyiv has declared its intentions to liberate the only regional capital captured by Russia following theFeb. 24 full-scale invasion. [144][145], On 13 October, the Russian government announced evacuation of the civilian population in the city of Kherson, after a request by the Russia-installed head of Kherson Oblast Volodymyr Saldo. See here for a complete list of exchanges and delays. During the past week, Ukraine has inflicted a major operational blow against the Russian military, recapturing a swath of territory in eastern Ukraine including the city of Izyum in its most significant military success since the Battle of Kyiv in March, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). [133] In order to slow down the Ukrainian advance, Russian forces blew up a dam at the Inhulets river, flooding parts of the frontline. [42] A referendum was reportedly planned by Russian occupation authorities in the region for late 2022 to annex Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts, while the occupied parts of the Mykolaiv Oblast would be included in the Kherson MSA,[43] but officials soon moved the date forwards to autumn[44][45] amid fears of being set back by the Ukrainian Army, according to U.K. intelligence officials. Many villages were reportedly contested. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. That's according to a Thursday update from British defense and intelligence officials. Both towns were major logistical hubs for Russian forces in Donbas. [48] Western governments denounced the referendums as illegitimate and refused to recognize its results, and their illegitimacy was later confirmed with the adoption of United Nations General Assembly Resolution ES-11/4. Meanwhile, Russian forces have launched major missile strikes on the Kyiv and the Chernihiv regions. It's pushing to retake a strategic city in the south called Kherson. Read also: Russian saboteurs active near Kherson, five groups on boats destroyed in one day. [140] The same day, Russian officers were reported as withdrawing from Snihurivka while some troops remained. President Vladimir Putin has said that Russia will use "all the forces and resources" it has to "liberate" the four regions. According to the ISW, Kyiv will likely dictate the location and nature of the fighting, with Russia potentially responding to Ukraines military campaigns. Ukraine has made it clear that it intends to take back Kherson, a Russian-occupied city in the south, as its counter-offensive gains momentum. The current Ukrainian ground attacks appear to be aimed at driving a . US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on Monday that Ukrainian forces had made significant progress and, benefitted from significant support from the United States and many other countries in terms of making sure that Ukraine has in its hands the equipment it needs to prosecute this counteroffensive. Not Antoniuk, 46, who says he's going nowhere: "It's my city. In the city of Melitopol, Ukrainian resistance leaders claimed to have killed 100 Russian soldiers by 5 June. Read also:Welcome to hell: Ukrainian airborne fighting Russia in Donbas woods. But in order to carry it out, Ukraines military would have to demonstrate excellent coordination of war power and do the difficult work of clearing the area of Russian forces, supply lines, and ammunition depots before going in. Running total of donations to the Salvation Army Ukraine fund for displaced Ukrainians : $ 1,611 !! [1/3]Head of Kherson regional military administration Oleksandr Prokudin poses for a picture during an interview with Reuters, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kherson, Ukraine February 22, 2023. 2/27/23 The General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces on Monday reported that Kremlin-installed authorities in Kherson Oblast were fleeing the region in order to escape a Ukrainian counteroffensive. [122][123][124][125] On 6 September, Ukraine started a second offensive in the Kharkiv area, where it achieved a rapid breakthrough. Legal Statement. 2023 BBC. He has also had deployments to Palestine and the Democratic Republic of the Congo as an embedded reporter with UN peacekeeping forces. 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. Experts believe it is extremely important that Ukraine inflict as much damage as possible to Russias air defense, and, at the same time, build up a strong and multilayered air defense grid against Russia. ][30] pushing Ukrainian troops back to the city of Mykolaiv. Donate here to help the displaced through the Salvation Army in Ukraine. [170][171], Throughout the course of Ukraine's counteroffensive, they had liberated the island of Ostriv Velykyi Potomkin in November. A long-awaited counter-offensive has begun . [79], In early July, the Ukrainian army engaged in minor skirmishes with Russian forces. These days, the central square is deserted. [111] Later that day, Ukrainian sources claimed that four small villages had already been retaken, though Ukrainian soldiers also stated their opinion that this operation was not a large counteroffensive but rather a localized operation. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. (REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko). They had time to dig in and fortify their positions, months before Kyiv announced a counter-offensive in the summer. All rights reserved. Ukraine and Russia have been at war since February 24 when Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his forces into Ukraine in what Moscow called a "special military operation" to demilitarize and "denazify" the country. []. WE MUST ACT NOW TO PREVENT THE NEXT ONE IN ASIA, The update continued: "Its loss would severely undermine Russia's attempts to paint the occupation as a success. Kyiv, Ukraine mayor asks the United States directly for defense assistance. By 31 August, this second line was the main focus of combat, with Boubouras stating that local sources had informed that both sides were suffering heavy losses. The Russian forces originally aimed towards capturing the major port city of Odesa from the southeast, but were forced back following their defeat at the Battle of Voznesensk, and ultimately only succeeded in occupying a small part of Mykolaiv Oblast, most notably Snihurivka. [146], On 15 October, a major Ukrainian counteroffensive resumed on the northern Kherson front in the direction of Dudchany, Mylove and Sukhanovi. Read about our approach to external linking. Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the worlds largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions of people worldwide every day. (REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko). [178] The Institute for the Study of War analyzed that Russian forces began moving equipment from the eastern frontlines to those in the south in order to prepare for the impending counteroffensive. Russian forces were still close by on the eastern river bank, and Kherson city continued to face medicine shortages, and heavily damaged communications, water supply, heating and electricity networks. [28] Ukrainian forces liberated the city of Kherson two days later, on 11 November.[7]. [112][113][114], From 1 to 2 September, Russian milbloggers reported further Ukrainian advances, but also a series of successful Russian counter-attacks. Ukraine says it has recaptured 8,000 square kilometres (3,090 square miles) of territory from Russian forces this month. And transportation bottlenecks force Russian forces to keep their supplies concentrated in a few locations near train stations. Illia Ponomarenko is the defense and security reporter at the Kyiv Independent. [108] Locals reported heavy fighting across the Kherson frontline, while electrical networks temporarily failed and evacuations of civilians took place. and "ZSU!" In a first since the war began, Russia acknowledged its defeat in the region. In Kherson city, there were reports of fighting between Ukrainian partisans and pro-Russian security forces. Odesa, Ukraine CNN On the first day of the counteroffensive in southern Ukraine, Mark Ayres fired more than 2,000 rounds from his Soviet-designed PK machine gun during fierce firefights with. The situation in Ukraine is fast moving and it is likely there will be times when there have been changes not reflected in the maps. Read about our approach to external linking. Ukraine has indicated that Russia has recently made a shift from attack to defense by redeploying troops from the east to the south. The effort to retake Kherson is Ukraine's first major counter-offensive against Russia. "Until we have a distance of 30-40 kilometres to the enemy, it is better for people to leave, to save their lives and health," said Oleksandr Prokudin, head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, a position akin under martial law to governor. May the rashists reinforcements and supplies be cut off and destroyed. A key bridge into the city of Kherson is now out of action after Ukrainian forces struck . 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. Western-supplied High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) appear to have played an important role in maximising the effect of the Kharkiv offensive. [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. The local terrain opens up opportunities for Ukraine. [11] Among these were the villages of Sukhyi Stavok,[11] Novodmytrivka[uk], Arkhanhelske, Tomyna Balka[uk] and Pravdyne. [110][111] Milbloggers also claimed that the Russians had been able to stabilize the frontline at Oleksandrivka as well as Blahodatne, but had failed when attempting to retake Myrne. All rights reserved. That's according to a Thursday update from. [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. Copy and paste this link into your browser and get started! Ukraine would also have to cut off the Kakhovska Hydroelectric Power Plant in Nova Kakhovka some 55 kilometers east of Kherson. FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian service members are seen next an infantry fighting vehicle near the . Besides, a strong air defense would be necessary against Russian aviation based in large numbers in occupied Crimea. 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