Battle for Kherson Chronicle for September 16, 2022

▪️For the first time in several days, AFU launched a major attack in the area near Pravdyne located south of Posad-Pokrovske.

▪️AFU’s armored group of three tanks and six infantry fighting vehicles took part in the offensive. However, Russian Armed Forces' reserves and Russian Aerospace Forces' army aviation prevented AFU from achieving their objective.

▪️In the course of fighting, Russian paratroopers destroyed four enemy infantry fighting vehicles and all three tanks. AFU’s attack failed.

🔻There are no significant changes in other sections of the front. At night, Russian artillery and aviation launched massive strikes on AFU bridgehead near Sukhyi Stavok.

▪️Due to strikes on hydraulic structures in Kryvyi Rih, the water level in Inhulets’ River, along which part of the front line runs, has significantly increased. Part of the Ukrainian crossings were demolished, significantly complicating the supply of forces in the "gut" near Sukhyi Stavok.

▪️In retaliation for failures in the offensive in the south, AFU is targeting civilian infrastructure. In the morning, several missiles hit the regional administration building in Kherson.

▪️The driver of one of the officials was killed, as well as two bystanders. Thirteen other people were injured to varying degrees of severity.

🔻In the near future, Ukrainian Command will try to use their numerical superiority and will continue to attack Russian Armed Forces’ positions.

▪️Also, AFU will deliberately hit civilian facilities in residential areas in order to intimidate the local population and create a humanitarian disaster in Kherson Region.