Ukraine Says It Has Started Its Counter-Offensive To Retake Russian-Held Kherson Region

Ukrainian servicemen fire a self-propelled AHS Krab howitzer in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on August 23, 2022 [Ammar Awad/Reuters]

Daily Mail: Ukraine 'breaks through Russian lines and forces separatists to retreat from one region' as Kyiv's forces begin counter-offensive in Kherson

* Ukraine has started a counter-offensive in the captured Kherson region

* Recent strikes on Russia's logistical routes have 'weakened the enemy'

* Russia rapidly captured swathes of Ukraine's south near the Black Sea coast

Ukraine claims it has broken through Russian lines in a major new counter-offensive in the south as Kyiv forces go on the attack against the invading troops.

The 'Kakhova' Ukrainian military group said it had seen 'the retreat' of pro-Russian separatist fighters from their positions in Kherson.

Russian forces seized Kherson on March 3, the first major city to fall following Putin's barbaric invasion.

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WNU Editor: The U.S. is saying that Ukraine is shaping the battlefield ....

href="https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/29/politics/ukraine-shaping-counteroffensive/index.html">Ukrainian forces begin 'shaping' battlefield for counteroffensive, senior US officials say (CNN).

Ukraine Says It Has Started Its Counter-Offensive To Retake Russian-Held Kherson Region

Live: Ukraine begins Kherson counter-offensive -- France 24

Russia-Ukraine war live: Ukrainian troops begin counter-offensive in south, says military command -- The Guardian

Russia-Ukraine updates: Kyiv begins counter-offensive in southern Kherson -- DW

Ukraine says it has begun counter-offensive to retake Russian-held south -- Reuters

Kherson: Ukraine claims new push in Russian-held region -- BBC

Ukraine says it has launched a long-awaited offensive to retake the Russian-held south -- NBC

Ukraine launches counter-offensive to retake Kherson from Russia -- Ukraine Today/The Telegraph

Ukraine says its troops are counter attacking Russian lines to south -- Politico

Ukraine begins counter-offensive to retake Russian-held south -- RTE

Ukraine launches counteroffensive to retake Russian-occupied Kherson -- Axios