- Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) on the southern front seemed to be slowly gaining ground on Friday, official and unofficial information sources said, but Russian state-controlled information platforms claimed Kyiv’s attacks around Kherson and elsewhere in the sector had mostly been repulsed.
- Four days into a wave of local attacks kicked off by the UAF, Ukrainian ground units appeared to have taken control of between five and ten front line villages along the 180-plus-kilometer southern front, running from the port city Kherson to the H23 Kryvyi Rih-Mykopol highway.
- Ukrainian official sources continued a near-total news blackout from the fighting line, banning reporters and, for the most part, limiting comment on the Kherson area offensive as “an operation still in progress”.
Ukraine offensive making modest gains but Kremlin claim defenses are holding
