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Ukraine Targets Russian Defensive Lines in Sign Counteroffensive Is in Motion

Russia shells Kherson hours after Ukrainian President Zelensky’s visit to flood-stricken city

Military chaplains ride on a boat as they look for residents to be evacuated from a flooded neighborhood in Kherson, Ukraine. Felipe Dana/Associated Press

By James Marson

, Matthew Luxmoore

and Jared Malsin

Updated June 8, 2023 11:38 am ET

KHERSON, Ukraine—Ukraine launched armored assaults on entrenched Russian forces in the southeast of the country, as a high-stakes counteroffensive by Kyiv designed to decisively shift the momentum of the 15-month war gathered steam.

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