Ukrainian forces hold positions, expand foothold on Dnipro's left bank

The Southern Defense Forces report.

The military stress ongoing daily counter-battery operations. While the Russian troops refrained from conducting assault operations over the day, they engaged in artillery and mortar shelling in the vicinity of Krynky.

"Our soldiers are holding positions and undertaking measures to fortify and expand the foothold on the left bank of the Dnipro," the statement says.

The Southern Defense Forces report that the Russian forces are actively conducting aerial reconnaissance, continuing artillery pressure, employing a large number of various types of combat drones, and for the first time in ten days, daring to deploy a guided air bomb from a tactical aircraft, striking a residential five-story building in the center of Kherson, resulting in a 7-year-old child being injured.

• The morale and psychological state of the Russian soldiers on Dnipro's left bank in the Kherson region are extremely low.