Human error to blame for train crash - Greek PM, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. One way or another, according to Ukraines leadership, its bound to happen. []. 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. Russian troops withdrew from the key towns of Izyum and Kupiansk, saying that the retreat would allow its troops to "regroup". While Ukraines counteroffensive does not signal an end to the war, it could suggest a shift of momentum in favour of Ukraine. 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"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. They need far more HIMARS, far more drones and, as you say, modern planes. 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. 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. 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. Slava Ukraini!!! The city of Kherson has been liberated by Ukrainian troops; The loss of the city is a major setback for Russia; Ukraine's latest advance comes after weeks of attacks on Russian-controlled bridges . While Kherson city's population is shrinking, other Ukrainian-held areas further from the front line in surrounding Kherson region, known as Ukraine's fruit basket, are receiving more people. 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. Many don't go far. 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 . Since Russia invaded Ukraine, the US has committed at least $14.5bn in security assistance to Ukraine, including 16 HIMARS and ammunition, according to the Department of Defense. [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. "I am not thinking about leaving.". 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. [2] The Ukrainians also attacked Russian pontoon ferries on the Dnipro River. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Ukraine launched its counter-offensive in the east earlier this week, while international attention was focused on an anticipated advance near the southern city of Kherson. Now as the front lines have shifted further east, placing Ukrainian forces within tens of kilometres of the border with Russia, President Zelenskyy seeks to go further, stating in a speech on Monday, We will oust them from our border., Al Jazeera Centre for Public Liberties & Human Rights, Russian state media and pro-war reporters and bloggers. [41], In late May, Russian government officials acknowledged plans to annex all three oblasts and were reportedly setting conditions on occupied territory within Zaporizhzhia. The loss of the city is a major setback for Russia, Ukraine's latest advance comes after weeks of attacks on Russian-controlled bridges and other positions around, Elsewhere in Ukraine, fighting continues in. 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[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. See here for a complete list of exchanges and delays. On 24 September 2022, The New York Times reported that Ukrainian commanders and servicemen acknowledged suffering heavy losses during the Kherson offensive, mostly caused by lack of ammunition, strong Russian defenses and the role of Russian artillery. One example was the attack on a giant munitions dump in Nova Kakhovka on July 11. [121], On 4 September, president Zelenskyy announced the liberation of two villages in Kherson Oblast and one in Donetsk Oblast. Russia invaded most of Kherson Oblast, in the south of Ukraine, in the early part of Moscows full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian troops took control of the key logistical hub of Lyman in Donetsk at the beginning of October. Ukraine has indicated that Russia has recently made a shift from attack to defense by redeploying troops from the east to the south. Aug. 29, 2022, 8:37 AM PDT. One narrow road connects the de-occupied towns of Kupiansk and Izyum to the Russian border, but the Russian retreat did not clog it up, Mitrokhin said, suggesting that a deliberate decision was made by the Kremlin to leave the area and redeploy manpower to the Donbas. Glory be to God!!! (REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko). [72][73], On 9 July, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy ordered the Ukrainian military, including elements of Operational Command South, to retake occupied territory. Attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure by Russian forces have triggered blackouts in major cities, including Kyiv, Lviv, Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv. VideoRecord numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. If successful, Russian forces in Kherson would be backed up against a giant natural obstacle. During the 2022 Southern Ukraine offensive, Russian troops invaded the Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, and Mykolaiv Oblasts. 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. 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. He announced that they had been killed in Kherson by Ukrainian artillery attacks in the region. PUTIN-BACKED DONBAS LEADER SAYS IT'S TIME TO LIBERATE KYIV IN RENEWED THREAT TO UKRAINE'S CAPITAL. [99][100] On 27 August, Russian and Ukrainian forces clashed at Potomkyne in northwestern Kherson Oblast; both sides claimed that they had repelled an attack. Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric'. At a briefing reported on Monday afternoon, Nataliya Humenyuk, a spokesperson for Ukraine's southern command, said an offensive in . [19] The installed Russian head of the Kherson region, Volodymyr Saldo, said that "in that region there was a breakthrough" and called the situation "tense". A key bridge into the city of Kherson is now out of action after Ukrainian forces struck . Russian efforts to seize the Donbas region in its entirety have been thwarted by the precision efforts of Ukrainian forces, with Kupiansk and Izyum both significant logistical hubs for Russian forces being reclaimed by Kyiv in recent days. The effort to retake Kherson is Ukraine's first major counter-offensive against Russia. [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. Heroyam Slava!!! Fox News correspondent Lucas Tomlinson reports from Kyiv, Ukraine on the latest in their defense efforts against Russia more than five months after the beginning of the invasion on 'Special Report.'. 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). He has reported about the war in eastern Ukraine since the conflicts earliest days. 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. The operation, launched yesterday, is aimed at pushing. Ukraine mounted a new counteroffensive Sunday to reclaim land around the southern . Denys and eight other Ukrainian soldiers from seven different units provided rare descriptions of the Kherson counteroffensive in the south, the most ambitious military operation by Kyiv since. The latest Ukrainian advance came after months of successful attacks on Russian positions on the west side of the Dnipro River, aimed at disrupting Russian supply lines. Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. The BBC stated that it could not verify these claims. Ukraine continued to strike Russian targets and approach towards Kherson over the next week. The recapture of the only regional capital Russia had seized during its invasion was the biggest triumph of Ukraine's counter-offensive in the second half of last year, lifting hopes across the country and bringing displaced residents flooding home. Ukrainian Presidential Advisor Oleksiy Arestovych cautioned that the offensive was going to be a "slow operation to grind the enemy", not a quick and massive campaign. An armoured truck of pro-Russian troops is parked near Ukraine's former regional council's building during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the Russia-controlled city of Kherson, Ukraine July 25, 2022. How did Ukrainian officials frame the attack in Kherson? 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. But this scenario has the chance of inflicting the least amount of damage on Kherson, unlike what Russian forcesdid in their siege of Mariupol. Kyiv, Ukraine CNN As Ukraine ramps up its offensive to retake Russian-occupied territory in the country's south, its forces have regained four villages and broken through Russian defenses. 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. Following the launch of the Kherson counteroffensive in Southern Ukraine in late August, Ukrainian forces began a second counteroffensive in early September in Kharkiv Oblast, in Eastern Ukraine. Ukraine is exposing it for all to see", "Ukraine's south is on the line as a major counteroffensive appears to be underway", "Zelenskyy tells Russian forces to flee as Ukraine starts its counteroffensive in Kherson, the 1st city Russia took", "Ukraine says long-anticipated southern offensive has begun", "Ukraine announces offensive operations across the south", " ", "Occupiers announce "workplace evacuation" in Nova Kakhovka", "Ukrainian attacks suggest offensive may be underway in the south", "Is Ukraine's counteroffensive progressing? FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian service members are seen next an infantry fighting vehicle near the . But three months later, Ukraine's advances have halted and grim reality has set in. Ukraine will have the opportunity of picking them off one by one.. What's he waiting for? [179] Thus, Russian frontlines in Kharkiv oblast were left relatively unprotected to Ukrainian advances. [157] Ukrainian forces had also regained control of the village of Kyselivka, fifteen kilometers northwest of Kherson. [54] In late May, Ukraine launched minor attacks on the border between Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk Oblasts. [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. Read also:Welcome to hell: Ukrainian airborne fighting Russia in Donbas woods. [108] Locals reported heavy fighting across the Kherson frontline, while electrical networks temporarily failed and evacuations of civilians took place. [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. [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. [79], In early July, the Ukrainian army engaged in minor skirmishes with Russian forces. [176] Contradicting Khlan, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces claimed on 15 December that Russia had begun forcibly deporting civilians from Ostriv Velykyi Potomkin, indicating that Russian forces controlled the island.[177]. Recently, open-source monitors have also indicated a growing number of poorly-trained troops mobilized in occupied Donbas and deployed to Kherson, which may indicate an ongoing lack of manpower. [25], After many strikes against Russian military targets, Ukraine announced the start of a full-scale counteroffensive on 29 August 2022. The bridge remained structurally intact while the bridge's roadway surface was damaged. Liked Sir Foccus and Sir Scradges comments. [74][75] On the same day, Ukrainian Minister of Defense Oleksii Reznikov stated that Ukraine was amassing a million-strong fighting force for the offensive. On the same day, Russian forces took control of Blahodatne (referred to by the Russian Ministry of Defense as Komsomolsky) about 45km east of the town of Mykolaiv and a 12 square kilometer zone of control. [67][68], Meanwhile, Russia tried to strengthen its hold on Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts. Covers energy, agriculture and politics in Western Canada with the energy transition a key area of focus. [159], On 11 November, Ukrainian troops entered the city of Kherson. Illia won the Alfred Friendly Press Partners fellowship and was selected to work as USA Todays guest reporter at the U.S. Department of Defense. 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. Ukrainian officials reported that Russian forces may be preparing for offensive operations in Zaporizhia and Kherson oblasts. [163][164], After the recapture of Kherson, Ukraine continued offensive military operations in the area. Nonetheless, due to its strategic importance, the Russian military refused to leave it despite constant losses. They cut short the lives of at least 10 Rushists (Russian fascists), destroyed another mortar, two multiple rocket launchers and three artillery gun systems, with which Kherson Oblast was shelled, the General Staff said in its morning report on Facebook. http://wordpress.com/refer-a-friend/VKV8zgZukbzoMKMZkjBN, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window), Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window), Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window), Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), MIP 81 Americk rakety mlem zniily rusk strategick most! Has done short reporting stints in Afghanistan, Pakistan . (Ukrinform/via REUTERS ). and "ZSU!" Moscow has claimed that the withdrawal of troops on September 10 from the Balakliia-Izyum line was part of a regrouping effort. According to the ISW, local sources reported on September 7 that Ukrainian forces had struck Izyum and Kupiansk, likely to stop Russian forces from reinforcing the front lines in these cities. The industry leader for online information for tax, accounting and finance professionals. [63] A Ukrainian general stated on 15 June that if Ukraine were supplied sufficient weapons, it would be able to mount a massive counteroffensive by the summer. Ukrainian fighters were able to take advantage of a weaker presence of Russian forces in eastern Ukraine, following the redeployment of Russian fighters to Donetsk and the southern axis, where a Ukrainian offensive in Kherson presented a threat. 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. "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. [84] On 13 July, the head of the Kherson regional military administration claimed that Ukraine launched counterattacks along the entire Mykolaiv-Kherson-Zaporizhzhia front line. Russian milbloggers claimed that battles were ongoing at Myrne[uk], Soldatske and Snihurivka, Ukraine had retaken Ternovi Pody, but been repelled at Pravdyne and Oleksandrivka. What would a Ukrainian counter-offensive in Kherson look like? Thank you! [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." 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. ", A view shows the damaged Antonivskyi bridge in the aftermath of shelling, in Kherson, Ukraine, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video released July 27, 2022. May all the weapons and assistance Ukraine needs be provided. Read about our approach to external linking. The reported push appears to form part of a long-awaited counter-offensive being . Screen for heightened risk individual and entities globally to help uncover hidden risks in business relationships and human networks. [137], By 3 October, the Russian army was being enveloped in Northern Kherson, with Ukrainian troops trying to reach Beryslav. [140] The same day, Russian officers were reported as withdrawing from Snihurivka while some troops remained. There was gunfire near the centre of Kherson city. Ukrainian authorities are investigating hundreds of disappearances and cases of physical or sexual abuse of detainees by the former occupiers. [181], Following the liberation of Kherson, the Institute for the Study of War argued that "Russias withdrawal from Kherson City is igniting an ideological fracture between pro-war figures and Russian President Vladimir Putin, eroding confidence in Putins commitment and ability to deliver his war promises", noting criticism toward the Russian government from nationalist figures such as Aleksandr Dugin, Igor "Strelkov" Girkin and the Wagner Group; the ISW also noted how "Russian military leadership is trying and largely failing to integrate combat forces drawn from many different organizations and of many different types and levels of skill and equipment into a more cohesive fighting force in Ukraine", especially noting the lack of organization of military forces coming from Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic. [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. 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. He has also had deployments to Palestine and the Democratic Republic of the Congo as an embedded reporter with UN peacekeeping forces. In many cases, they will not be able to coordinate their actions. It's pushing to retake a strategic city in the south called Kherson. Build the strongest argument relying on authoritative content, attorney-editor expertise, and industry defining technology. The best they can have is strong points in certain populated areas or road junctions. Western-supplied High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) appear to have played an important role in maximising the effect of the Kharkiv offensive. [58], There were numerous reports of partisan warfare within the occupied territories. Ukraines 81st Airborne Brigade trooper takes cover during a Russian rocket attack near the town of Siversk in Donetsk Oblast on July 5, 2022. Support us with a one-time donation, or become a Patron! Ukraine's campaign to retake the occupied Kherson region is "gathering pace", Western military sources say. Feb. 27, 2023, at 7:51 p.m. Russian Forces Hammer Ukraine's Bakhmut in Quest for Breakthrough in War. However, the main line of Russian defenses did not retreat as initially planned. Russias logistical stretch in Kherson is the longest out any others in its war in Ukraine. 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. Ukrainian forces claimed to have 'broken through' Russian defences on Monday amid a new counter-offensive in the Kherson region. Not Antoniuk, 46, who says he's going nowhere: "It's my city. 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 . There are three key objectives Ukraine has to meet in order to encircle Russian troops and force them to surrender in Kherson. (Laurent van der Stockt/Getty Images). A destroyed Russian -72B3 tank pictured outside Kyiv on June 7, 2022. Ukraines counteroffensive on the southern axis near Kherson has continued simultaneously with the one in Kharkiv. Multiple precision strikes using Himars made Russian positions on the west side of the river impossible to resupply. (Zbroini syly Ukrainy, Armed Forces of Ukraine). [170][171], Throughout the course of Ukraine's counteroffensive, they had liberated the island of Ostriv Velykyi Potomkin in November. They moved south along the west bank of the Dnieper and retook Zolota Balka[134] as well as Mikhailivka[135] and advanced further south to the next target, Dudchany. 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. He moved to a friend's house and is staying in the city for now. Ukrainian officials reported that Russian forces may be preparing for offensive operations in Zaporizhia and Kherson oblasts. 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