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What happened in southern Ukraine on 30 August 2022?
Summary
A look back at the reports from the south of Ukraine in the final days of August 2022, as a Ukrainian offensive in Kherson Oblast was announced.
What was happening in southern Ukraine on 30 August 2022? The picture was shaped by reports from the previous day, 29 August 2022, which pointed to intensifying fighting in the Kherson and Mykolaiv regions.
On 29 August, Ukraine said it had begun a ground offensive in Kherson Oblast. The announcement was part of what became known as the 2022 Ukrainian southern counteroffensive, within the wider southern Ukraine campaign.
The same day, Russian-occupation officials said the Ukrainian military had launched a barrage of missiles at the town of Nova Kakhovka. According to those officials, the strikes left the town without water or power.
The fighting also reached Mykolaiv. Regional governor Vitaliy Kim said Russian forces shelled the city, killing two people and injuring five others.
Taken together, the reports described a front in which Ukrainian forces were announcing a push in Kherson Oblast while civilians in both occupied and Ukrainian-held areas of the south faced shelling and disrupted services. The accounts from Nova Kakhovka came from occupation officials, while the Mykolaiv casualty figures were given by the regional governor.
