Thread by @EuromaidanPress

Ukrainian troops launched counteroffensive in Kherson Oblast - Dumskaya referring to unnamed soldiers deployed on the front

As per Dumskaya, the troops have liberated several settlements and advanced towards Kherson. There is no official confirmation yet
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Today's video allegedly show a member of Russia's "DNR's 109th regiment of people's militia" in Kherson Oblast saying that Ukrainians broke through the first line of defense and use tanks, aircraft, and artillery against the Russian troops facebook.com/watch/?v=10185…

According to information available to Odesa-based newpaper Dumskaya, Ukrainian troops are advancing in at least two directions towards Kherson.

Nataliia Humeniuk, Head of the United Coordination Press Center of the Defense Forces of Southern Ukraine, says that "the offensive actions are being carried out in many directions in the south of Ukraine."

Sources of Ukrainska Pravda in the Ukrainians Armed Forces stationed in the south note that in some areas there was a breakthrough of the Russian first line of defense, but "it's too early to say anything concrete, the front is big."

Odesa Oblast spox Bratchuk says the following Russian rear facilities hit in Kherson Oblast so far today:
- base at machine-building factory in Beryslav
- army post near N-Crimean Canal
- River crossing in Lvove, Beryslav district
- mmmo depot in Havrylivka, Beryslav district

The explosion in Beryslav earlier today (there are no photos from the front-line so far):

https://twitter.com/EuromaidanPress/status/1564178766997372929

At 13:27, 13:54, 14:08, Dumskaya reported the liberation of three villages in Kherson Oblast, citing their sources.
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Ammunition at an abandoned Russian position reportedly captured today by the Ukrainian forces in Kherson Oblast.
📹via t.me/uniannet/70181

There is no official information on Ukrainian gains in Kherson Oblast or even on the exact directions of the counteroffensive. The map (Source: deepstatemap.live/en#10/47.0640/…) shows the situation in the region as of Aug 28:

Russia's RIA Novosti citing the occupation administration says "evacuation from working places" is announced in Nova Kakhovka, Kherson Oblast.

Kherson regional Telegram channel's Nova Kakhovka based anonymous local sources deny the claim.
t.me/hueviyherson/2…

Russian military-related Telegram channels claimed that the Ukrainian military were trying to break through in the area of Posad-Pokrovske amid the "escalation along the entire front-line". Posad-Pokrovske lies on the highway connecting Mykolaiv to Kherson.

Ukrainian military calls to remain silent regarding the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces:

"The news is out there, it has inspired everyone, now we need to be patient and understand the sequence of actions of the military units" - South Defense Forces spox Nataliia Humeniuk

This means that there won't be a lot of official information until the situation clears up.

https://twitter.com/EuromaidanPress/status/1564228488885837826

🇺🇦Kherson authorities called on oblast residents remaining in the occupied territory to find safe places, stock up on food and water, check the first aid kits

Deputy Chairman of the Kherson Regional Council Yurii Sobolevskyi said this.
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Local councillor Ihor Yosypenko shared a photo of Russian soldiers allegedly fleeing from Tomaryne, Kherson Oblast, with their belongings.
facebook.com/groups/berisla…

However, it is unclear if Yosypenko really means Tomaryne (about 40km from this morning's frontline) or Tamaryne (about 10 km behind the frontline)

https://twitter.com/EuromaidanPress/status/1564235424998084608

https://twitter.com/EuromaidanPress/status/1564235424998084608

https://twitter.com/EuromaidanPress/status/1564237110797864960

Residents of Nova Kakhovka having Russian SIM cards received a notice from the occupation authorities about evacuation from their workplaces, according to Nova Kakhovka elected 🇺🇦Mayor Volodymyr Kovalenko.
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The sound of a powerful explosion was heard in Kherson, Suspilne correspondents reported at about 17:40.
t.me/suspilnenews/1…

There're multiple Russian reports on alleged Ukrainian offensive actions and the lack thereof in certain areas of Kherson Oblast, yet it's too early to speculate on possible prongs of the counterattack since it's still unclear which are the directions of feint and actual attacks

The NASA FIRMS data on the fires in the area firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#d:2022-08… overlaid on the frontline's map (yesterday's data) deepstatemap.live/en#9.25/47.020… suggests three major sectors of action (northeast, center, southwest) on the Russian-occupied part of the Dnipro's right bank.

The Antonivskyi bridge near Kherson was reportedly attacked again, either the ferry or the barges Russia used to assemble a crossing near the bridge were also damaged

https://twitter.com/EuromaidanPress/status/1564299600219017219

Also, about 21:30 another Russian ammunition depot blew up in Nova Kakhovka, Kherson Oblast, with long-lasting secondary detonations after the strike.
t.me/hueviyherson/2…
📹via @loogunda, t.me/hueviyherson/2…

Ukrainian troops took back 4 villages in the south from Russian occupation, military source tells CNN

The villages are Nova Dmytrivka, Arkhanhel's'ke, Tomyna Balka, and Pravdyne. Russian "first line of defense has been broken through in three places"
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