The Ukrainian army has begun in recent weeks to regain ground in this region located in the south of the country, helped by Western arms deliveries.
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Ukraine is regaining ground. The Kherson region in the south of the country will be “definitely released by September”said Sunday, July 24 the adviser to the head of the Kherson regional military administration loyal to kyiv, in an interview on Ukrainian television. “All the occupiers’ plans will fail”he added as the Ukrainian military began to regain ground from Russian forces, aided by Western arms shipments.
“We can talk about a turnaround on the ground. In recent operations, it was the Ukrainian armed forces that had the advantage, explained the local managerour army is advancing frankly, we are moving from a defensive phase to a counter-offensive.” The Russians took control of the region’s main city, Kherson, on March 3. It was then the first major city to yield to Moscow’s offensive since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February. Essential for Ukrainian agriculture, the region borders the Crimean peninsula, annexed by Moscow in 2014.