News about Kherson

#NewsMap Strong Russian advances around #Ocheretyne over the past seven days. #Novopokrovske fell & #Novooleksandrivka is 90% under Russian control. Ukraine tries to hold this front with maybe hundred soldiers while Russia sacrifices (KIA/WIA) a thousand men per week to advance. pic.twitter.com/MS134IQuGE

Russian invasion forces captured Novopokrovs'ke, 15 km N-W of Avdiivka. The Russians are advancing quicker again, taking village by village in Donetsk oblast (1-3 per week) and despite all talk, Ukrainian forces do not find a way to stop them – so far. pic.twitter.com/7QkSszVbb1

Russia's massive shelling of Ukraine with cruise and ballistic missiles ongoes. pic.twitter.com/VIWSXoCG1C

It is already obvious that #Crimea has turned from a "valuable occupation asset" into the same strategic problem for #Russia as #Kherson was for the occupiers in 2022. It is difficult, expensive, and painful to maintain. The Russians called the peninsula an "unsinkable aircraft…