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Satellite imagery indicates Russian forces are attempting to restore a crossing over the damaged bridge near the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant by flooding railway cars and constructing an embankment in the temporarily occupied part of Kherson Oblast.

Kherson Oblast
Likely Reported by 3 independent sources
Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent UNIAN

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Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Satellite images from Planet Labs show Russian occupiers attempting to cross a bridge damaged by Ukrainian missile strikes near the Kakhovka HPP in occupied Kherson Oblast.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Photographs taken on 18 September show an embankment and flooded railway cars under the damaged bridge part, used to rebuild the crossing.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Satellite photos from 16 September show the location where railway cars were flooded and an embankment later appeared.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian attacks on supply lines are showing increasing effects, forcing Russia into more defensible positions.

UNIAN → Source tone: likely

Satellite imagery from Planet Labs shows Russian forces sank nine railway cars and built an embankment near the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Station on September 16-18, 2022, to repair access across the Dnipro River.

UNIAN → Source tone: likely

Two new small temporary crossings appeared near the main bridge between September 4 and September 16, 2022, indicating recent Russian engineering efforts.

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian forces maintain fire control over the Dnipro River bridges in southern Ukraine, which were destroyed by Ukrainian strikes at the end of August.

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