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Majeshi ya Ukraine yamefanikiwa kufurusha makombora na kuharibu daraja muhimu linalotumiwa na Urusi kupeleka bidhaa muhimu kwenye jimbo waliloteka la Kherson. Lengo la mashambulizi hayo ni kuwanyima huduma wapiganaji wa urusi walioko katika jimbo hilo.
A key Russian held bridge into the occupied southern city of Kherson was hit with a barrage of rocket fire by Ukrainian forces who appeared to be stepping up operations to isolate the city.
© Provided by The GuardianPhotograph: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters
Video and witness accounts showed up to 18 detonations on the Antonivskiy bridge over the Dnipro river, one of the main Russian resupply routes into Kherson, with Russian anti-missile air defences apparently failing to intercept the strikes.
Ukraine’s armed forces published a one-minute clip on Telegram purportedly showing the rocket fire just after 1am on Wednesday. “The moment of the flight over the Antonivskiy bridge,” the force said.
In another series of videos posted to Telegram where loud explosions could be heard, the military added: “Explosions in the Antonivskiy bridge area.”
Senior presidential adviser to Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Anton Herashchenko, cited Ukraine’s armed forces in an update posted on Tuesday morning: “Himars dealt another powerful blow to one of the two bridges across the Dnieper, which are used by the invaders for a massive transfer of troops. Let’s hope that this time the Antonivskiy bridge will not withstand the power of the Himars missile attack.”
Related: Can Ukrainian forces recapture Kherson from Russia?
Related video: Russia orders forces to step up Ukraine operation (Reuters)
Kirill Stremousov, the deputy head of the Russian occupation administration of the Kherson region, claimed the Antonivskiy bridge was shelled but was still standing
The bridge has come under repeated attack in the past week as Ukraine has tried to cut off the handful of routes Russia can use to move heavy weapons in and around Kherson, including a road over the dam at nearby Nova Khakovka.
Kherson, captured in early March, has long been a focus for the Ukrainians, with the defenders making limited gains in the countryside between Mykolaiv and the target city since April. But, apparently helped by longer-range weapons, with an effective firing distance of up to 50 miles (80km), the Ukrainians are growing more confident.
Sergiy Khlan, an aide to the administrative head of the Kherson region, told Ukrainian TV a turning point had been reached, and the region “will definitely be liberated by September”.
The latest strikes come as Russian forces continued to dig in in the south in preparation for a long-advertised southern counter-offensive by Kyiv in the country’s south.
Russian troops have also spanned the Inhulets river with a pontoon bridge in an effort to keep open useable crossings and are reported to be repairing an airfield in Melitopol while also attempting to repair the Antonivskiy bridge after previous attacks left visible holes in the surface of the span.
The developing battle in the south in the past fortnight has seen Ukrainian forces repeatedly strike Russian ammunition dumps and command posts with US-supplied Himars systems while Russia has fired missiles at Ukrainian positions along the coast.
While the position of fighting on the ground is far less clear, it appears that there has been fighting around a Ukrainian bridge head to the east of the Inhulets river.
Ukraine steps up attacks on Russian-occupied Kherson
Peter Beaumont in Kyiv - 2h agoA key Russian held bridge into the occupied southern city of Kherson was hit with a barrage of rocket fire by Ukrainian forces who appeared to be stepping up operations to isolate the city.
© Provided by The GuardianPhotograph: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters
Video and witness accounts showed up to 18 detonations on the Antonivskiy bridge over the Dnipro river, one of the main Russian resupply routes into Kherson, with Russian anti-missile air defences apparently failing to intercept the strikes.
Ukraine’s armed forces published a one-minute clip on Telegram purportedly showing the rocket fire just after 1am on Wednesday. “The moment of the flight over the Antonivskiy bridge,” the force said.
In another series of videos posted to Telegram where loud explosions could be heard, the military added: “Explosions in the Antonivskiy bridge area.”
Senior presidential adviser to Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Anton Herashchenko, cited Ukraine’s armed forces in an update posted on Tuesday morning: “Himars dealt another powerful blow to one of the two bridges across the Dnieper, which are used by the invaders for a massive transfer of troops. Let’s hope that this time the Antonivskiy bridge will not withstand the power of the Himars missile attack.”
Related: Can Ukrainian forces recapture Kherson from Russia?
Related video: Russia orders forces to step up Ukraine operation (Reuters)
Kirill Stremousov, the deputy head of the Russian occupation administration of the Kherson region, claimed the Antonivskiy bridge was shelled but was still standing
The bridge has come under repeated attack in the past week as Ukraine has tried to cut off the handful of routes Russia can use to move heavy weapons in and around Kherson, including a road over the dam at nearby Nova Khakovka.
Kherson, captured in early March, has long been a focus for the Ukrainians, with the defenders making limited gains in the countryside between Mykolaiv and the target city since April. But, apparently helped by longer-range weapons, with an effective firing distance of up to 50 miles (80km), the Ukrainians are growing more confident.
Sergiy Khlan, an aide to the administrative head of the Kherson region, told Ukrainian TV a turning point had been reached, and the region “will definitely be liberated by September”.
The latest strikes come as Russian forces continued to dig in in the south in preparation for a long-advertised southern counter-offensive by Kyiv in the country’s south.
Russian troops have also spanned the Inhulets river with a pontoon bridge in an effort to keep open useable crossings and are reported to be repairing an airfield in Melitopol while also attempting to repair the Antonivskiy bridge after previous attacks left visible holes in the surface of the span.
The developing battle in the south in the past fortnight has seen Ukrainian forces repeatedly strike Russian ammunition dumps and command posts with US-supplied Himars systems while Russia has fired missiles at Ukrainian positions along the coast.
While the position of fighting on the ground is far less clear, it appears that there has been fighting around a Ukrainian bridge head to the east of the Inhulets river.
