launched by ukraine against russian troops in kherson, in the south of the country. the city and the region surrounding it has been occupied by russia since the beginning of march. on monday ukraine launched an operation to try and take it back. this is footage from kherson which was posted on twitter this morning. it has been verified by the bbc. listen to the sound. so that s the sound of gunshots close to kherson. it s difficult for us to know exactly what s happening. ukraine says it s broken through the first line of russia s defence in several places. russia says the operation has been a failure. this was the message from ukraine s president in his nightly address on monday. translation: if the russian military | wants to survive now is the time for| russian soldiers to flee to go home. if the occupiers are afraid to
reconnaissance, as well as targeting that they ve been able to do. but it s going to improve upon. that it s going to allow them to track and target russian forces in the east, in the donbas region, as well as in the south. the ukrainians are looking at, obviously, going into the south. they are publicly announcing that they will mount an offense to retake kherson that region in the south. whether or not they actually do that with the full blown offensive, i am kind of doubtful that they will do it that way. but, what they are going to do is that they are going to pinpoint a tax special operation attacks that will attack things like arms depots, flight lines on air bases, headquarters, perhaps individual russian soldiers and russian leaders. but that is the kind of thing that this will allow them to do. and they re targeting is going to get, very very precise. especially with drones like the scanning drone which is a part of this package.
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the high mars system, which the americans have supplied. it gives them the ability to launch precision strikes at some distance, and they have been using it to try to destroy the bridges that connect kherson and the region around kherson to other russian controlled territory on the other side of the dnipro river. finally, last night, they effectively succeeded in making sure that the bridge is no longer usable. and judging by the images that we have seen of it, it is going to take quite a long time to repair it. it s not the only bridge come there s also a railway bridge and another to bridge on nearby tributary which is being targeted by ukrainians. this is all parts, western officials say, of a growing ukrainian counteroffensive designed ultimately to retake kherson, a city that was taken very early on in the war by the russians. the first city of any consequence to be taken, regarded, western officials say, is the jewel in the crown of russia s occupation
warned the deal could collapse if the obstacles to pressure s agricultural experts are not promptly removed. richard galpin, bbc news. meanwhile, ukrainian rocket strikes have forced russia to close a key bridge, which is a crucial supply line for russian forces. the antonovsky bridge connects the occupied city of kherson, to the east bank of the dnipro river. our diplomatic correspondent explains. this is late last night, pretty substantial barrage of precision rockets launched by this newly acquired system, which the american has supplied. it gives them the ability to launch precision strikes at some distance, and they have been using it to try to destroy the bridges that connect kherson and the region around kherson to other russian controlled territory on the other side of the dnipro were the