Ukrainian forces have made an attempt to cross the Dnieper River dividing liberated and occupied Kherson, in a potential breach of what has for months served as the frontline in the south of Ukraine. Russian military bloggers reported that up to seven boats, each carrying six to seven people, had landed near the village of Kozachi Laheri, east of Kherson city, on Tuesday and broke through Russian defensive lines.
It was claimed that the Ukrainian soldiers had advanced up to 800 metres after getting to the riverbank, though it appeared Russian forces had some success in fighting them back. The Russian-imposed head of the occupied part of the Kherson oblast, Vladimir Saldo, claimed the Ukrainian raid had been repelled.
Video shared online has shown an explosion in Sergiyev Posad, north-east of Moscow. The blast injured 45 people, six of them severely, officials said. Andrei Vorobyov, the governor of the region surrounding the Russian capital, said the the blast occurred at a warehouse storing fireworks. Russian news agency Tass claimed emergency services found the explosion happened ‘in the area of the boiler room’. However, there is significant speculation, including from Ukrainian political adviser Anton Gerashchenko, that the Zagorsk optical-mechanical plant was used to make military products, possibly tanks.
