In today’s update, a spokesman for the Ukrainian military claimed that the Russians sank nine railway cars to build a crossing in the town of Kakhovka. “Due to the successful actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to disable all crossings of the Dnipro River on the Kherson front, the invaders are preparing their retreat routes,” said Oleksandr Shtupun, a spokesman for the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. in a social media post. Kherson is considered vital for control of Ukraine’s southern coast and access to the Black Sea. It was one of the first areas seized by Russian forces when they invaded nearly seven months ago. Last week, Ukraine claimed it had inflicted further casualties on Russian forces in the south, including in Kherson. Senior US and Ukrainian officials told CNN earlier this month that Kyiv has set an ambitious goal of retaking most of the Russian-held peninsula by the end of the year.
