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​Ukraine’s Armed Forces Launched a Long-Awaited Counteroffensive in the South: the Fighting is Going On in Many Directions

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The Armed Forces of Ukraine launched offensive actions in many areas of the south
The Armed Forces of Ukraine launched offensive actions in many areas of the south

The armed forces of Ukraine have launched offensive operations in many areas of the south. Ukrainian defenders broke through the first line of defense of the Russians

That is according to Nataliya Humenyuk, spokeswoman for Operational Command “South”.

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"We have launched offensive actions on many fronts in our area of responsibility, and these actions are currently ongoing. The details of the military operation are not disclosed. We can confirm that we broke through the first line of defense," Nataliya Humenyuk said in a comment to "Hromadske".

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Also, the operational group of troops "Kahovka" officially announced that they broke through the enemy's defenses in the Kherson region and destroyed almost all the large bridges - the Antonivsky railway bridge, the road bridge and the Novokakhovsky bridge. Only pedestrian crossings remained. The Russian army turned out to be cut off from the supply of weapons and personnel from the territory of Crimea".

Before the start of active operations, an attack was made on all major bridges: the "Antonivskyi" railway and road bridges, as well as the bridge in Nova Kakhovka. Objects in Novaya Kakhovka and Kherson were also destroyed, as reported in local Telegram channels.

According to Serhii Bratchuk, the speaker of the Odesa regional military administration, a machine plant is on fire in the captured Beryslav of the Kherson region, and the head of the press center of the Southern Defense Forces, Nataliya Gumenyuk, confirmed the information about the failures of the Rashists.

"In the Kherson region, the "109th regiment" of the so-called "DPR" and Russian paratroopers moved away from their positions, the Kakhovka Military Academy reported. This was also confirmed to Suspilno by the head of the press center of the Southern Defense Forces Humenyuk," Suspilne later reported on Telegram.

The spokesman of the Odesa military administration, Serhii Bratchuk, said that the command post of the 247th airborne assault regiment in Chornobayivka, as well as the command post of the 331st parachute assault regiment in Novovoskresensky, was hit.

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