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Ukrainian soldiers on Tuesday sit on a T-80 tank they claimed to have captured from Russian forces in Bakhmut, Ukraine. (AP Photo / Inna Varenitsia)

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Ukrainian troops pressed ahead with their offensive on Monday that embarrassed Moscow, with Kyiv officials and foreign observers pointing to new gains in the strategic southern region of Kherson that the Kremlin wants to annex.

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You need to know that Ukrainian troops have pressed ahead with an offensive that has embarrassed Moscow, with Kyiv officials and foreign observers hinting at new gains in the strategic area south of Kherson. The area has been one of the hardest-hit battlefields for Ukrainians, with slow progress compared to Kyiv's breakout offensive around Kharkiv that began last month, with Ukrainian media showing Ukrainian troops displaying flags at a marker for the village of Khreshchenivka. Highlighted a photo, which is in the same area of ​​Kherson where troops apparently broke through Russian lines. Military bloggers have increasingly acknowledged Ukrainian manpower superiority in the field.

Kherson has been one of the hardest-hit battlegrounds for Ukrainians, with slow progress compared to Ukraine's breakout offensive around Kharkiv, the country's second-largest city in the country's northeast, which began last month.

Kherson is one of four regions illegally annexed by Moscow last week following a "referendum" organized by the Kremlin. The lower house of the Kremlin-controlled parliament ratified the treaties on Monday, and the upper house will follow on Tuesday.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday that two of those regions, Donetsk and Luhansk, are joining Russia along their administrative borders that existed before clashes broke out between pro-Russia separatists and Ukrainian forces in 2014. He added that the question of the borders of the other two regions - Zaporizhia and Kherson - is still open.

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"We will continue to discuss this with the residents of these areas," Peskov told reporters. He did not give further details.

Ukrainian media on Monday highlighted a photo of Ukrainian soldiers displaying flags at a marker for the village of Khreshchenivka, which is in the same area of ​​Kherson where troops apparently broke through Russian lines.

Ukraine has been pressing its counteroffensive in the Kherson region since the summer, continuously striking Russian supply lines and entering Russian-held areas west of the Dnieper River.

The Ukrainian military has successfully used US-supplied HIMARS rocket launchers to repeatedly hit the main bridge over the Dnieper in the city of Kherson and the dam that serves as the second main crossing. It also hit pontoon bridges that Russia has been using to supply its troops on the west bank of the river, as key crossings were disabled.

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Despite successful attacks on supply lines, Ukrainian offensive operations in the south have so far been slower and less successful than in the northeast, as the open terrain easily exposed the attacking force to Russian artillery fire and airstrikes.

Russian military bloggers close to Moscow have increasingly acknowledged that Ukraine has superior manpower in the region, supported by tank units.

Kirill Stremsov, a Russian-posted official in the Kherson region, admitted in a video statement on Monday morning that the Ukrainian army "has broken through a bit". However, he insisted that "everything is under control" and that Russia's "defense system is working" in the region.

Russia attacked the hometown of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and other targets with suicide drones on Sunday, and Ukraine took back full control of a strategic eastern city that reshaped the war.

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The recent loss of Russia's eastern city of Liman, which it used as a transport and logistics hub, was another blow to the Kremlin as it threatens to illegally annex four regions of Ukraine and use nuclear weapons. Wants to escalate the war by increasing the threats. might.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's land grab threatens to push the conflict to a dangerous new level. This prompted Ukraine to formally apply for fast-track NATO membership.

In his evening speech on Sunday, Zelensky discussed the recent liberation of Lyman, a key Russian center for front-line logistics in the northeast.

"The story of the liberation of Liman in the Donetsk region has now become one of the most popular in the media – but the successes of our troops are not limited to Liman," Zelensky said.

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Lyman, which Ukraine withdrew after encircling Russian troops, is located in the Donetsk region near the border with Luhansk.

"To the soldiers of the 129th Brigade of my native Krivy Rih, who distinguished themselves with good results and especially liberated Arkhanhelske and Myrolyubievka," he said.

Both these villages are in the same area where Ukrainian troops are making progress. A photo emerged this weekend showing Ukrainian military operations southwest of Novovorontsovka on the banks of the Dnieper River.

Ukraine's presidential office said on Monday that two civilians were killed and 14 others wounded by Russian shelling in eight Ukrainian regions over the past 24 hours.

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It also reported progress in the Kherson region and said that in response, Russian authorities restricted people from leaving the city of Kherson, and imposed special permits for those who wanted to leave.

Since the Russian offensive began in February, Ukrainian forces have launched a counteroffensive in recent weeks, particularly in the northeast around Kharkiv, embarrassing the Kremlin and prompting rare domestic criticism of Putin's war. Inspire has managed to regain swathes of territory.