Explosions and automatic shots are heard in Kherson. Counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine?

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Gunfire and explosions are heard in Kherson today
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12:25, 30.08.2022

The media and local residents report shooting and explosions on the outskirts of Kherson. But at the same time, Russia pretends that nothing is happening.



"Suspilne" reports that explosions and shots have been heard in Kherson since the morning. Kherson Telegram channels report a lot of bursts of machine guns, the work of equipment (shots from tanks or armored personnel carriers), a shootout with a large number of participants.

A sabotage and reconnaissance group was discovered and "destroyed" in the Tauride district of the city, - said Kirill Stremousov, a representative of the occupation administration of the Kherson region appointed by the Russian military.

At the same time, the Kherson edition "MOST" writes about street battles in the Tauride and Northern microdistricts.

Journalist Andrei Tsaplienko reported that one of the headquarters of the occupiers in the central part of the city was destroyed in Kherson.

Local Telegram channels write about the explosions near the hospital of the Russian occupiers and about getting into the Brain building on Nikolaev highway.

In its morning report on the situation at the front, the General Staff only reported that the Russian army was shelling several villages in the Yuzhnobuzh direction, as well as an unsuccessful attempt by the Russians to attack one of the settlements located in the south.

At 10:11 an air alert was announced in the region.

At the same time, according to the analysis of the ISW (Institute for the Study of War), Russia pretends that there is no advance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Kherson. Thus, the Russian Defense Ministry last night stated that the Ukrainian counter-offensive in the Kherson region was limited and unsuccessful. Following the Russian Ministry of Defense, authorities in the territories occupied by Russian troops and pro-Russian bloggers began to make similar statements.

These dismissive statements indicate that the Kremlin is keen to maintain the veneer of Russia's great military successes in Ukraine, according to ISW.

Meanwhile, Western sources claim that Ukrainian troops liberated five settlements during the first day of the counteroffensive and advanced 5-6 kilometers on at least one of the sectors of the front.

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Oleg Kotov

Oleg Kotov writes about the war in Ukraine and how it is changing the world.