Ukraine steps up attacks on Russian-occupied Kherson
by Peter Beaumont in Kyiv from on (#61VBB)
Key bridge attacked using longer-range weapons in bid to cut off Russian supply routes
A key Russian held bridge into the occupied southern city of Kherson was hit with a barrage of rocket fire by Ukrainian forces who appeared to be stepping up operations to isolate the city.
Video and witness accounts showed up to 18 detonations on the Antonivskiy bridge over the Dnipro river, one of the main Russian resupply routes into Kherson, with Russian anti-missile air defences apparently failing to intercept the strikes.
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