Kherson Oblast
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| Area | 28461 |
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| Founded | March 30 |
| 1944 | |
| Population | 1. 062 million (2015) |
| Points of interest | Askania-Nova |
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| ID | 2346067 |
About Kherson Oblast
Kherson Oblast is an oblast in southern Ukraine, just north of Crimea. Its administrative center is Kherson. The area of the region is 28,461 km².
Russia-Ukraine war: At the front line of Ukraine's struggle for Kherson
... In the ruins of the office of the regional governor in Mykolaiv which was destroyed in a huge Russian missile strike in March, Maj Gen Dymytro Marchenko called what was happening in the flat farmland of Kherson Oblast the battle of the villages - tactical fights on a local scale...
Ukraine war: Tales of endurance and hardship as winter looms
... On a journey from Bakhmut in Donbas in the east, to the other end of the front line in Kherson Oblast, it was clear that Ukrainians are tired, battered, locked into the debilitating routines of war, but still determined to fight the Russians to stay independent...
Ukraine war: Kyiv's forces moving towards occupied Kherson - Zelensky
... Oleksiy Arestovych said the Russians had been caught in a " tactical encirclement" near the village of Vysokopillya in Kherson Oblast...
Ukraine war: Kyiv's forces moving towards occupied Kherson - Zelensky
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says his forces are advancing " step by step" on the occupied southern city of Kherson.
The City fell to Russia in the opening days of The War and sits on a strategic location west of the Dnipro river.
On Saturday, UK defence officials reported heavy fighting near Kherson.
The Ukrainian advance meant that Russian supply lines west of The River were " increasingly at risk"
Earlier this month, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minster Iryna Vereshchuk urged Kherson residents to evacuate The City as soon as possible to avoid becoming trapped in The City during a counteroffensive in southern Ukraine.
" It is necessary to do so for The Armed Forces of Ukraine not to endanger the civilian population during offensive operations, " she told state TV.
Kyiv's forces have been targeting river crossings in the region in an effort to stretch Russia 's supply lines. On Saturday, an artillery Strike Hit the Daryivskyi Bridge across the Dnipro river.
And on Tuesday, they targeted Kherson's Antonovsky Bridge - One of only two crossing points controlled by Russia - with US-supplied artillery.
Speaking to The State backed TASS news agency, The Deputy head of The Russian backed Kherson administration admitted that if The Strikes continue The Bridge could collapse.
UK officials have previously described the Antonovsky Bridge as a " key vulnerability" for Russian forces and on Saturday said if " crossings were denied, and Russian forces in occupied Kherson cut off, it would be a significant military and political setback for Russia ".
" Every Bridge is a Weak Point for logistics and our armed forces are skilfully destroying The Enemy system, " Serhiy Khlan, an adviser to Kherson's governor, wrote on Facebook. " This is Not Yet the liberation of Kherson, but a serious preparatory step in that direction. "
Meanwhile, a senior defence adviser to Mr Zelensky claimed that around 1,000 Russian troops in the region have been encircled by Ukrainian forces.
Oleksiy Arestovych said the Russians had been caught in a " tactical encirclement" near The Village of Vysokopillya in Kherson Oblast . The Bbc has not independently verified this claim.
Russia captured Kherson with relatively little resistance early in The War , and the failure of Ukraine's intelligence service (SBU) to destroy crossing points over the Dnipro before fleeing The City is believed to have led to
Source of news: bbc.com
