Day 194 of the Invasion of Ukraine: The Ukrainian Flag Raised in Kherson Region

Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

Ukraine published a photo with the raising of the Ukrainian flag over Visokopilya in the Kherson region

High-ranking aides to President Volodymyr Zelensky published a photo of Ukrainian soldiers raising the country's flag over Visokopilya, a village in the Kherson region targeted by the Ukrainian counteroffensive.

"Vysopilya. Kherson Oblast. Ukraine. Today," Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the presidential office, wrote in a Facebook post showing three soldiers on a roof, one of them raising the Ukrainian flag.

The same photo was also posted on Twitter by the head of the office of the Ukrainian president Andriy Yermak with the caption "Step by step".

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— Andriy Yermak (@AndriyYermak) September 4, 2022

If the settlement is captured, it would be a significant territorial gain in the counter-offensive that began last week and is aimed at the southern part of the country, Reuters notes.

Kherson region, which was captured by Russian forces at the beginning of the conflict, is an important target of the Ukrainian counter-offensive.

Kherson is located north of the Crimean peninsula, which Moscow annexed in February and March 2014.

ISW confirms VSU progress in the counteroffensive in south and east, Russia with over 40 air and ground strikes

The Ukrainian counter-offensive in the south and east is making verifiable progress. Ukrainian forces are advancing on several fronts in Kherson Oblast and have captured territory behind the Donetsk River in Donetsk Oblast, the Institute for the Study of...

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