Russia bombed the Kherson region in southern Ukraine on Sunday, where the attack left at least seven dead, while Ukraine launched several drones against Russian territory, three of which were intercepted.
According to Ukrainian Interior Minister Igor Klimenko, among those killed in the Russian attack are a 23-day-old baby and a 12-year-old boy. “A man, his wife and their 23-day-old baby died in Chiroka Balka,” Klimenko wrote on Telegram, adding that 20 were injured in the attack, which also hit the town of Stanislav.
In parallel, the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) collects in its daily part information about the presence of small reconnaissance groups from Ukraine on the left bank of the Dnipro river, controlled by Russia, although it maintains that their number is not it is enough for offensive actions.
The situation may change in the event of a Russian mechanized counterattack, although “it is not clear whether the Russian forces have sufficient mechanized reserves” to now launch such an attack on that point of the front, the ISW says.
Ukrainian forces continued their counteroffensive on at least two sectors of the front, the ISW continues, where they made “significant tactical advances”. It also highlights that the military insist on advancing in the directions of Melitopol and Berdinansk, key objectives to approach the coast of the Azov Sea and cut the land corridor between the regions annexed by Russia last September and the Crimean peninsula.
kyiv’s tactical advances are also highlighted by The New York Times in an article published this Sunday. According to the newspaper, on the southern front the Ukrainian troops would have advanced between 16 and 19 kilometers. These achievements, according to the newspaper, are important because they force the Russian army to redeploy its troops, which creates opportunities for kyiv’s forces.
Russia, for its part, reported today drone strikes against the Belgorod and Kursk regions, both on the border with Ukraine and frequent targets of bombardments. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, three drones were neutralized in Belgorod alone and one in Kursk.
The unmanned devices were located and destroyed without causing victims or damage, according to Defense. At the same time, the governor of Belgorod, Viacheslav Gladkov, indicated that an enemy device managed to “attack a communications facility” without giving further details about the event.
In addition, images of an apartment building in Belgorod damaged by an explosion whose causes have not yet been clarified began to circulate on social networks.