Ukrainian attacks suggest offensive may be underway in the south

Hopefully they can sustain it

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."The city and the surrounding areas are the only places Russia controls to the west of the Dnipro River, which bisects the country as it travels north to south.

While Ukraine has put up a much tougher fight than most anyone expected, it has largely concentrated on defensive measures to halt, or at least limit, the Russian advances.

President Zelenskyy and other top Ukrainian officials say they have no intention of ceding territory to Russia, which now controls about 20% of Ukraine's land.

Yet Ukraine has not yet demonstrated that it can retake large chunks of territory seized by Russia. A major Ukrainian counteroffensive in and around Kherson would be a major test.

Kherson, which had a pre-war population of just under 300,000, is the capital of the Kherson Oblast, or region, an area roughly the size of the state of Maryland."