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What happened in southern Ukraine on 29 August 2022?
Summary
A look back at a day of reported missile fire, shelling and a declared ground offensive in the south of Ukraine.
What was happening in southern Ukraine on 29 August 2022? Three reports from that day point to a front in motion, with a declared offensive, strikes on a town and shelling of a city.
Ukraine said it had begun a ground offensive in Kherson Oblast. The announcement placed the fighting in the south, part of what is described as the Ukrainian southern counteroffensive within the wider Southern Ukraine campaign.
Nova Kakhovka
Russian-occupation officials said the Ukrainian military had launched a barrage of missiles at the town of Nova Kakhovka. They said the strikes left the town without water or power. These were claims from the occupation side, reported at the time.
Mykolaiv
Further west, Russian forces shelled the city of Mykolaiv. According to regional governor Vitaliy Kim, two people were killed and five others were injured.
Taken together, the reports from 29 August 2022 show fighting on several fronts in the south: a ground push announced in Kherson Oblast, a town reported to be cut off from basic services, and a city under fire with civilian casualties.
