Ukraine starts push to recapture Kherson

Ukrainian forces have broken through Russian defences in several sectors of the frontline in a long-awaited counteroffensive to retake the south of the country


Kyiv
UKRAINE
RUSSIA


Russian-controlled territory (Aug 30) 
Russian advances
Claimed Ukrainian counteroffensives

UKRAINE 
Mykolaiv
Pravdyne
Inhulets River
Darivka Bridge
Railway bridge
Antonivskyi Bridge
Kherson
Tomyna Balka
Nova Dmytrivka
Arkhanhel’s’ke
Davydiv Brid
Dnipro River
Kakhovskyi Bridge

Nova Kakhovka:
Ukrainian barrage of rockets leaves town without water or power

KHERSON OBLAST
BLACK SEA

CRIMEA
Annexed by Russia in 2014

20km 12 miles

Villages reportedly retaken by Ukraine

Ukraine using U.S.-supplied HIMARS rockets to destroy key river crossings to cut off Russian troops on western bank of Dnipro


Sources: ISW, Reuters, CNN, BBC
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