Ukraine attacks Russian supply lines, preparing for a major counterattack.
Ukrainian officials said on July 23 that their forces had attacked a bridge in the Russian-controlled Black Sea city of Kherson, targeting Moscow's supply route as Kyiv prepared for a major counteroffensive in the region.
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Artillery forces attacked Russian troop positions in the Donetsk region of eastern Donbass on July 18. Photo: New York Times |
Serhiy Khlan, an advisor to Governor Kherson, said the attack targeted the Daryivskyi bridge over the Ingulets River, which is used to supply Russian troops. This move came days after a crucial bridge over the nearby Dnepr River was attacked.
"Every bridge is a logistical weak point, and our forces are destroying the enemy's systems. This action is not yet the liberation of Kherson, but it is a serious preparatory step towards implementing that strategy," Serhiy Khlan wrote on his personal Facebook page.
On the same day, the Russian news agency TASS, citing an official from the Russian-established administration in Kherson, reported that the Daryivskyi bridge had been hit by seven missiles from the Western-supplied High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), but remained operational.
Ukraine has used Western-supplied long-range weapons to attack Russian supply lines and ammunition depots in an attempt to reverse the course of the war and prepare for a counterattack in the Kherson region. Meanwhile, Russia has seized areas in southern and eastern Ukraine since launching its offensive on February 24.
