Shattered town is key for Ukrainian counter-offensive into Donbas; reports of Kyiv’s forces making gains across Dnipro river at Kherson
- What we know on day 607 of the Russia-Ukraine war
Ukraine’s defence systems destroyed all air weapons Russia launched overnight, Ukraine’s air force said on Monday.
The air force said on Telegram that a total of 14 attack drones, including 13 Iranian-made Shahed drones and one unspecified drone, as well as one cruise missile were all destroyed, Reuters reports.
Russian forces aiming to contain a four-month-old Ukrainian counteroffensive maintained unrelenting pressure on Sunday on the shattered town of Avdiivka in the east and intensified shelling in the southern area of Kherson.
Russia has focused on the industrial east since pulling back from a failed advance on Kyiv at the start of the February 2022 invasion and its forces have tried to maintain positions in Kherson since abandoning the region’s main town late last year.
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