Administration spokeswoman Natalia Khomeniuk confirmed the attack in a news briefing and said it included the Kherson region. Ukraine has regularly signaled its intention to retake its south, specifically the city of Kherson, the only regional capital Russia has been able to capture from Ukraine since it invaded six months ago.
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The region is located north of Russia’s Crimean peninsula and has coastlines on the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. Humeniuk told the briefing that the recent strikes on Russia’s southern logistics routes “undoubtedly weakened the enemy.” More than 10 Russian munitions dumps had been hit in recent weeks. Trending Stories
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Story continues below ad However, he refused to be drawn into providing more details about the new attack. 2:30 Putin’s plans fail, resulting in growing support for Ukraine Putin’s plans fail, resulting in growing support for Ukraine Russia’s forces in the south are “rather strong” and have been building up for a long time, he told the briefing. “The counter-offensive has already been going on for a while (in the sense that) it exhausts the enemy and doesn’t give him a chance to advance,” Humeniuk told public broadcaster Suspilne, adding that the offensive phase had started on Monday. Shortly after the announcement, Ukraine’s presidential chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, wrote a cryptic message on Telegram proclaiming “our Kherson is ahead.”
