Ukraine attacks Russian supply lines, prepares for major counterattack
Ukrainian forces attacked a bridge in the Russian-controlled Black Sea city of Kherson on July 23, targeting Moscow’s supply route as Kiev prepared for a major counteroffensive in the region, officials said on July 23.
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Artillery forces attack Russian military positions in the Donetsk region of the eastern Donbass region on July 18. Photo: New York Times |
Serhiy Khlan, an adviser to Kherson’s governor, said the attack targeted the Daryivskyi Bridge over the Ingulets River, which is used to supply Russian troops. The move comes days after a key bridge over the nearby Dnieper River was attacked.
“Each bridge is a logistical weak point and our forces are destroying the enemy’s systems. This is not the liberation of Kherson, but a serious preparation for the implementation of this strategy,” Serhiy Khlan wrote on his personal Facebook page.
On the same day, Russia's TASS news agency quoted information from an official of the Russian-established government in Kherson saying that the Daryivskyi bridge was hit by seven missiles from a high-mobility artillery rocket system (HIMARS) supplied by the West, but was still operational.
Ukraine has used long-range weapons provided by the West to attack Russian supply lines and ammunition depots to turn the tide of the war and prepare for a counter-offensive in the Kherson region. Russia has captured areas in southern and eastern Ukraine since launching its offensive on February 24./.
