Kherson: Ukraine stepping up counter offensive to retake city - sources

Ukraine's campaign to retake the occupied Kherson region is "gathering pace," Western military sources say.

A key bridge into the city of Kherson is now out of action after Ukrainian forces struck it with long-range rockets originally supplied by the US.

It means thousands of Russian troops are now in danger of being cut off from the rest of the occupied territory.

Strategically located west of the Dnipro River, the city was the first in the war to fall to Moscow's forces.

Ukrainian forces fired at Kherson's Antonivskiy Bridge using a Himars artillery rocket system on Tuesday, which according to Western military sources has left the crossing "completely unusable." read more