Ukrainian Artillery Targeting Tanks in Kherson (31/08)

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Ukraine intensified its counteroffensive in the Kherson region with attacks on Russian positions on September 1. Kyiv said that it killed 102 Russian troops, destroyed five ammunition depots and hit a Russian UAV control centre. A Russian missile launched...

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.

A bridge near Darivka and the pontoon crossing have been destroyed, hampering Russian supply lines for the counteroffensive.

"If the Ukrainians take that part of Kherson, it would be a major win and could be the start of the push to push Russians back." If Ukraine wins back Kherson, this could be the start of a Ukraine winning the war against Russia, Major John Spencer tells #T...

The Ukrainian military claims it has killed 201 Russian troops on the southern axis over the past 24 hours. Meanwhile, Ukrainian authorities claim that nearly 10 explosions were heard in the the city of Melitopol, which is under Russian occupation. Report...

“They will try and strangle the city until the Russian defenders are much weaker.” Ukrainian forces are trying to ‘weaken’ Russian troops before launching a counterattack on Kherson, General Sir Richard Barrons tells #TimesRadio

“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.”

A video claiming to show artillery strikes against Russian positions is from Donetsk, not Kherson.

Ukrainian and Russian Su-25 Frogfoot in the skies over Kherson counteroffensive.

First video from the Kherson showing abandoned Russian equipment and Sukhyi Stavok liberated.

Russia has added up to two battalion tactical groups to its southern forces, taking the number of total troops in the region to 20000. Moscow had about 10 to 15 battalion tactical groups around Kherson, but has now doubled the number. Some experts say Ukr...

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...

Kherson, in southern Ukraine, has been under Russian occupation for almost 6 months. Information about what is happening there is limited as Russian occupation forces continue to tighten their grip.