The Ukrainian army said on Monday that it is trying to “expand” the bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnieper, occupied by the Russian army in the south of the country, despite intense enemy attacks, AFP reports.

Russian soldiers in the Kherson regionPhoto: Pavlo Lisitsyn / Sputnik / Profimedia

“The Defense Forces of Ukraine continue work on the expansion of the bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region,” – says the morning summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

“Despite significant losses, the enemy continues to try to knock our units out of their positions,” he added, reporting on “eight unsuccessful Russian assault operations” over the previous day.

Ukrainian troops, in particular two brigades of marines, have been trying for months to gain a foothold on the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region, while the entire front has been practically frozen since the end of 2022, and the Russians are on the offensive in several areas. in the East.

Ukrainian troops managed to secure positions near the village of Krynky and hold them since at least October last year. According to analysts, the aim is to prepare for larger operations in the future.

The Institute for the Study of War said on Friday that fighting was taking place near Krynkami, but noted that there were no “confirmed changes” on that part of the front.

In the east, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on Monday that it had captured the village of Tabaivka near Kupyansk, Kharkiv region.

Ukrainian military spokesman Volodymyr Fityo denied the capture of the village on television, stating that the fighting was ongoing.

Moscow troops occupied a large part of the Kharkiv border at the beginning of their invasion of Ukraine in early 2022. In the autumn of the same year, the Russian military was forced to humiliatingly retreat from this area by a lightning-fast Ukrainian counteroffensive.

In a new series of airstrikes on Sunday evening, Russia launched eight kamikaze drones, an Iskander ballistic missile and three S-300 missiles over the territory of Ukraine, the Air Force of Ukraine reported.

According to the source, eight drones were shot down hundreds of kilometers from the front line.

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