COMBAT VIDEO... Ukrainian Troops Assault Russian Trenches. A bridge used by occupying Russian forces in Ukraine's embattled Kherson region has sustained heavy damage in a strike described as the "final chord" by a Ukrainian official. Kherson Regional Coun...

The road and rail bridges across the dam have been targeted by Ukrainian artillery in a series of strikes, as Kyiv's army attempts to cut off a unit of Russian soldiers located north of Kherson, between the Ingulets and Dnipro rivers.

You can actually see from from what's been released from the Russian side that they have made progress." Ukraine has begun testing Russian defences and morale around Kherson and are seeing some success, says Times correspondent Richard Spencer.

HIMARS Gave the Final Blow to the Antonivka Bridge.

“They started a massive attack and have taken some of the territory back. There’s three lines of defences" around Kherson, "but Ukrainians say they have breached that first line of defence.”

The Ukrainians are getting ready to mount this counteroffensive and it'll come and it'll be very bloody, very tough when it does." Lord Dannatt says Ukrainian soldiers being trained in the UK will play a key role in the showdown with Putin's forces in Khe...

"It's absolutely key to Putin's plans that he retains hold of Kherson because of its location and its crucial role in providing logistics down through to Crimea." Defence specialist Michael Evans says next week's battle for Kherson will be "a crucial time...