War in Ukraine: Russian army calls Kiev's counter-offensive a huge failure
Eva Deschamps / August 30, 2022
This Monday, a large counter-offensive operation was launched by the Ukrainian army. In the aftermath of these operations, the Russian army considers that it is a huge failure.
Powerful explosions took place all day (Monday) and all night in the Kherson region. Heavy fighting is taking place in almost the entire territory of the region, the presidency said in its morning briefing.
The Ukrainian counter-attack is mainly aimed at retaking Kherson -- a city of 280,000 people before the conflict -- taken by the Russians at the start of the war on February 24, according to local officials.
Russia said it had repelled Ukrainian offensive attempts in the Kherson and Mykolayev regions of southern Ukraine. Russia called the operation a huge failure.
In addition, according to the Southern command of the Ukrainian army, the Russians shelled Mikolayv on Monday with 16 S-300 anti-aircraft missiles, which caused significant damage to residential buildings and transport infrastructure. Two civilians were killed and 24 injured, according to this source.