The Washington Post reported on Thursday that Ukraine launched multiple attacks against Russian forces in the southern Zaporizhia region after the Kakhovka Dam was destroyed earlier this week.

Russian military bloggers reported on Wednesday morning that Ukraine carried out a “massive” military shelling in Zaporizhia, followed by more than 100 armored vehicles, according to a Russian newspaper. Washington Post. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Ukrainian 47th Mechanized Brigade tried to break through Russian lines but was unable to do so.

The advance into Zaporizhia is one of many recent Ukrainian counteroffensives. Igor Strelkov, a senior army veteran and former Russian security service official, wrote in a telegram that a new Ukrainian offensive was almost launched. week ago: “Perhaps now we can say with certainty that the Ukrainian military offensive began five or six days ago.”

Meanwhile, Russian forces have been accused of shelling the Ukrainian city of Kherson during evacuations after the destruction of Kakhovka Dam on Tuesday. Kherson is located just a few miles from the dam, and the dam’s failure caused massive flooding, inundating hundreds of miles of land and displacing thousands of Ukrainians from the area.Russia claims it didn’t destroy the dam, blames Ukraine, but now appears to be throwing it shell to Kherson.

The Russians blew up Kakhovka Dam and are now shelling innocent civilians taking refuge. pic.twitter.com/yJRrfby9w3

— Kyiv. City of Courage (@Kyiv) June 8, 2023

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Kherson to assess the fallout from the dam and to award rescue and evacuation workers hours before the shelling began.

“The situation in the occupied territories of the Kherson region is absolutely catastrophic,” he said. Zelensky. “Now we need a clear and immediate response from the world to what is happening.”

Ukrainian counter-attack measures are expected to intensify as evacuation efforts from the Kakhovka Dam fallout continue.

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