Ukraine’s campaign to retake Kherson, the southern city which was the first to fall to Russia in March, is “gathering momentum”, according to UK’s defense ministry.
“Ukrainian forces have highly likely established a bridgehead south of the lngulets River, which forms the northern boundary of Russian-occupied Kherson,” it said in a regular intelligence bulletin on Twitter.
The intelligence update stated that Russia’s 49th Army is stationed on the western bank of the Dnieper River and “now looks highly vulnerable.”
Kherson city, which is the most significant center controlled by Russia “is now virtually cut off from the other occupied territories,” UK officials said.
UK intelligence noted that the loss of the city would “severely undermine Russia’s attempts to paint the occupation as a success.”
The area in southern Ukraine has effectively been under Russian occupation since the first days of the war against Ukraine.
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