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Russian forces carried out six unsuccessful assaults on Ukrainian positions on the Kherson front, while Ukrainian forces continued efforts to expand their bridgehead.

Kherson, Kherson Oblast
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Source Reports

Russian forces carried out six unsuccessful assaults on Ukrainian positions while Ukrainian forces expanded their bridgehead

Russian forces carried out 73 attacks

350 shells were fired

Weapons used included mortars, artillery, MLRS, tanks and UAVs

Russia carried out an attack against the village of Novotiahynka in Kherson Oblast on Jan. 26, injuring a 51-year-old woman.

Pro-Kremlin channel VDV Za Chesnost i Spravedlivost reported that AI-enabled drones destroyed four Russian combat vehicles near Krynky after jamming proved ineffective.

The defense forces destroyed two enemy observation posts on the left bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson region.

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