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Ukraine destroys Russian artillery depots before offensive
A man clears rubble from his house which was destroyed in a Russian attack, in a residential neighbourhood in downtown Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Monday, July 11, 2022 [File: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo] Ukraine destroyed a series of Russian ordnance depots in the 20th week of the war, demonstrating the efficiency of the US-supplied high mobility artillery rocket system (HIMARS) and other Western systems, worrying Russian military observers.
These Ukrainian attacks appear to be part of preparations for a summer counteroffensive in the southern Kherson and Zaporizhzhia districts, which border Crimea.
Ukraine said it destroyed a key Russian command post in Kherson district along with a weapons arsenal, killing 12 Russian soldiers on July 10. Its armed forces posted drone footage of a depot in flames.
