The Ukrainian army announced that it has isolated Russian forces in the southern Kherson province, and while fighting rages in the east in Donetsk in the Donbass region, the exchange of accusations continues between Kyiv and Moscow of targeting the Zaporozhye nuclear plant.
Today, Sunday, the Ukrainian General Staff said that its forces had again targeted the Antonevsky Bridge in the Russian-controlled city of Kherson, and pictures published by the Staff Command showed the missiles falling on the bridge despite the Russian defense system's attempt to intercept it.
This is the fifth time that bridges have been targeted in Kherson province, where the Ukrainian army said it destroyed its four main bridges, isolating Russian forces in the West Bank from supply and communication lines on the eastern bank of the Dnipro River.
For his part, Sergey Khelan, Deputy Governor of Kherson Province, confirmed that the Russian forces that crossed the Dnipro River in the city of Kherson may remain stuck in the area after bombing all its bridges.
In statements to Ukrainian television, Khellan estimated the number of Russian soldiers on the right bank of the river at about 20,000, noting that they can still cross the damaged bridges on foot, or by using floating boards near the Antonevsky Bridge.
The Ukrainian official revealed that Russia is moving command centers from the right bank of the Dnipro River to the left bank, because it realizes that it may not be able to evacuate the site in the necessary time when the fighting escalates, as he put it.
The Russian forces had taken control of the city of Kherson and parts of its countryside, as well as parts of the nearby Zaporozhye province at the beginning of the war that Russia started on February 24.
For weeks, the Ukrainian army has launched a counter-attack in Kherson, and confirms that it has regained parts of the province, and now controls the Russian supply routes with fire in the region.
For his part, Vladivslav Nazarov, a spokesman for the Southern Military Operations Command in Ukraine, said that the Russian forces are continuing what he called provocative attacks, stressing that his country's army is responding to them and inflicting losses on the Russians.
Donbass battles
In the Donbass region (eastern Ukraine), the Ukrainian military command said - on Sunday - that Russian soldiers continued to attack Ukrainian positions near the town of Avdiivka, which since 2014, has become one of the Ukrainian forces' concentration points near Donetsk, but all their attacks were unsuccessful.
Yesterday, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that its forces had taken control of the village of Pesky, adjacent to Donetsk International Airport, but the Ukrainian army confirmed that clashes were still continuing in the village.
Earlier, Kyiv admitted that the Russians had made progress on some fronts in Donetsk region, including the Bakhmut front.
Donetsk is formed with Lugansk Province - which was recently taken over by Russian forces - the Donbass region.
In the context, the British Ministry of Defense said in its daily intelligence briefing on Twitter that Russian-backed forces of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic - which unilaterally declared independence in Donbass - continued their attacks on the north of Donetsk city.
In other field developments, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced - today, Sunday - full control of the residential "Audi" area located in Kharkiv Province, in an offensive operation launched by Russian forces in the region.
The ministry said that about 300 Ukrainian soldiers were killed in the military operations carried out by Russian forces last day.
Zaporozhye nuclear power plant
On another topic, the mayor of the Ukrainian city of Energodar announced - on Sunday - the killing of 3 people, including an employee of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, as a result of Russian bombing.
For its part, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced today that Moscow is struggling to get the inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency into the Zaporozhye plant, but said that the West prevents this.
This comes at a time when Russia and Ukraine continue to exchange accusations of bombing the Zaporozhye nuclear plant, the largest of its kind in Europe.
Earlier, RIA Novosti news agency quoted a member of the Russian Military and Civil Administration in Zaporozhye as saying that Ukrainian forces had again bombed the city of Energodar and the Zaporozhye nuclear plant.
On the other hand, the Ukrainian General Intelligence said that the Russian forces renewed their bombardment of the Zaporozhye station, and that they were able to determine the place from which the station was targeted, which is the village of Vodian, noting damage to the pumping station, the underground thermal communications workshop and the fire unit responsible for the safety of the station.
In turn, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that every Russian soldier who targets the Zaporozhye station should understand that he has become a target of Ukrainian intelligence, the Ukrainian army and its special operations.
The Zaporozhye nuclear plant is located on the southern bank of the Dnipro River.
Amid fears of a nuclear catastrophe from a possible targeting of the plant, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres recently called for the establishment of a demilitarized zone there.