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Latest war news: Ukraine claims advancing into Russian-held territories

2022-07-27T10:10:19.070Z


"The counteroffensive in southern Ukraine is advancing. The Russian army is demoralized," a Ukrainian military spokesman said.


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Ukraine stated in the last few hours that it attacked a key bridge for Russia in Kherson, and that its troops are advancing in other regions in an attempt to regain territory.

The bridge is used to reinforce and resupply the Russian occupation forces in the south.

In addition, the United States approved the treatment of wounded Ukrainian soldiers at a US military hospital in Germany.

See the main news of the Russian war in Ukraine this Wednesday, July 27.

Ukraine confirms the attack on a major bridge in Kherson and affirms that there is progress in other parts of the region

The Antonivskyi Bridge over the Dnipro River in the Russian-controlled Kherson region of southern Ukraine on July 23.

(Photo: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters)

Ukrainian authorities confirmed a new attack on a key bridge used to reinforce and resupply Russian occupying forces in southern Ukraine.

Multiple social media videos posted Tuesday night showed several large detonations near the Antonivskyi Bridge, the main crossing point of the Dnipro River in the Kherson region, which essentially links Ukraine with Russian-annexed Crimea.

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Nataliya Humeniuk, a spokeswoman for the Southern Operational Command, told Ukrainian television: "Yes, there were hits on the bridge, and they were accurate."

A bit of context

: The Antonivskyi Bridge is one of three that had previously been hit by long-range Ukrainian artillery in an effort to disrupt Russian reinforcements and supplies moving into Kherson from Crimea.

Ukrainian officials have previously said their goal is to allow civilian traffic to continue using the bridge while making it impassable for heavy equipment.

Last week, Russian state media reported that Ukraine used Western-supplied long-range missiles to attack the bridge for two days in a row, causing extensive damage.

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"Our forces are keeping strategic logistics and transportation routes, which are of critical importance to the enemy, under fire control. We are not destroying the infrastructure; we are destroying the enemy's plans," Humeniuk said.

The Antonivskyi Bridge suffered "significant" damage, said Yurii Sobolevskyi, first deputy head of the Kherson regional council.

Sobolevskyi said the Russians were not letting anyone near the bridge, but restoration would take a long time and pose problems for Moscow forces.

Russia downplays impact

: Deputy head of the Russian-backed administration in Kherson, Kirill Stremousov, said the "hysteria being spread in the media about how the war is going to be decided on this bridge, is just a lantern".

"Now the bridge is closed to traffic, which only makes life difficult for the people of Kherson and the Kherson region. Let me stress again that the outcome of the hostilities, the counter-attack, will not be dictated by their [army's] performance," Stremousov said.

Counter-offensive in the south:

Humeniuk, a spokesman for Operational Command South, also said that Ukrainian forces had made advances north of Kherson.

"The counteroffensive in southern Ukraine is advancing. The Russian army is demoralized," he said.

He said that two towns - Andriyivka and Lozove - had been liberated, and that Ukrainian forces were reinforcing their positions.

The Ukrainian offensive on Kherson began in late May, but has made only modest progress so far.

US Approves Treatment of Wounded Ukrainian Soldiers at US Military Hospital in Germany

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has approved the treatment of wounded Ukrainian soldiers at a US military hospital in Germany, according to a memo obtained by CNN and confirmed by two US defense officials.

The plan will allow Ukrainian troops to be treated in a US military hospital for the first time since Russia invaded the country in February.

It allows up to 18 wounded soldiers to be treated at one time at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, the huge hospital in Germany where the military has for years treated American service members who suffered combat wounds.

Austin offered verbal guidance in late May to start offering treatment to wounded Ukrainian soldiers, according to the note.

On June 29, Austin formalized the verbal guidance in a memorandum titled "Guidance for Medical Treatment of Wounded Ukrainian Service Members."

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Although the plan received final approval almost a month ago, Landstuhl has yet to receive any Ukrainian service members for his medical care.

The official said that the purpose of the memorandum was to eliminate all the bureaucracy that could delay the process of offering treatment in case of need.

The plan would allow treatment if no facilities were available in Ukraine or a closer country.

Landstuhl is about 700 kilometers from the Ukrainian border.

If Landstuhl were to receive wounded Ukrainian troops, the service members would have to leave Ukraine by train or car before the United States, which has no troops in Ukraine, could airlift them to Ramstein Air Base.

Ukraine says fighting continues near Donetsk town of Bakhmut

Ukrainian officials say fighting continues around the eastern city of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region as Russian forces make gains in the area.

A video posted on social media in the last 24 hours shows Russian forces in control of a power plant near the Novoluhanske settlement, which has been a battlefield for several weeks.

The Army General Staff said fighting was continuing in the area, but the Russians had failed to approach the nearby town of Soledar, according to its operational update on Wednesday.

Hostilities continued in two areas immediately west of the power plant, but Russian forces had suffered casualties and had withdrawn, it added.

Sloviansk

– The General Staff reported heavy Russian tank and artillery fire against settlements in a wide arc north of Sloviansk, a major objective of the Russian operation.

Essentially, the front lines in this region have not changed for several weeks, with the Ukrainians repeatedly claiming to have repulsed Russian assaults.

Ukrainian forces continue to defend the pocket of territory they still hold on the border of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions.

The General Staff said another assault by Russian forces in the Verkhniokamianske area had failed.

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Source: cnnespanol

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