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but their progress in the southern regions of kherson and zaporizhzhia has been far more limited. both sides in the south come under regular fire as they heavily rely on artillery to push forward. abdujalil abdurasulov reports from ukrainian front line positions in the kherson region. distant thuds. this peaceful view is deceptive. the front line is less than two kilometres away. distant thuds. this is our artillery firing, a deputy commander of a regiment explains. his unit is at the forefront of ukrainian troops near kherson, and although the advancement of their forces in the south is slow, the situation here has changed significantly. translation: a month ago, - the russians were hammering here. now it s much easier because long range rocket launchers are working. russian ammunition depots get destroyed, their supply routes get hit, and now they feel
calling a force majeure on one of the pipeline to ukraine. that is going to arbitration. there is a threat that russia will sanction the ukrainian government, which means ga5 ukrainian government, which means gas flows would stop. it could be something else, a distraction. inaudible fmq. thank you. ukrainian forces have successfully retaken large parts of their territory in the east, but their progress in the southern regions of kherson and zaporizhzhia has been far more limited. both sides in the south come under regular fire as they heavily rely on artillery to push forward. abdujalil abdura5ulov reports from ukrainian front line po5ition5 in the kherson region. distant thuds. thi5 peaceful view is deceptive. the front line is less than two kilometres away. distant thuds. this is our artillery firing, a deputy commander of a regiment explains.
with explosives, and there s been a lot of ukrainian heavy armor and troops heading toward the front. now, i can hear the air raid siren in the background. it s been going on all night. but oddly enough in this town, kramatorsk, we didn t hear the normal sort of background sounds of thuds, distant thuds all night. so it does appear that perhaps the russians are focusing their fire on the front line as opposed to some of the back positions to the rear that they ve been hitting since we ve been here for the last ten days. don? ben, i just want our viewers just to listen to this for a moment. [ sirens ] so ben is in kramatorsk. he s listening to the air raid sirens. ben, just quickly, i want to know, is this ongoing?