Fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces this week centered largely around the southern region of Kherson, where both sides claim to have registered significant gains.
On Oct. 20, the Ukrainian military–usually tight-lipped about ongoing operations–said dozens of Russian troops had been killed and several Russian tanks destroyed in its latest attempt to breach Russian defenses in Kherson.
One day earlier, however, Russia’s TASS news agency reported that Ukraine’s offensive in Kherson had been decisively repelled.
“The situation in Kherson is under full control,” Kirill Stremousov, the region’s pro-Russian deputy governor, was quoted as saying. “Our forces have not moved back an inch.”…