Why Ukraine's southern Kherson region is a strategic prize - explainer
Ukrainian forces are piling pressure on Russian troops in the southern region of Kherson. Losing control of the region would be another big setback for President Vladimir Putin.
By REUTERS
Published: OCTOBER 24, 2022
Ukrainian forces are piling pressure on Russian troops in the southern region of Kherson that Moscow occupied at the start of its invasion of Ukraine on February 24 Losing control of the region would be another big setback for President Vladimir Putin. Here is why the region is strategically important for the course of Russia's war in Ukraine.
Kherson region borders Crimea and provides Moscow with a land bridge to the Black Sea peninsula that it seized from Kyiv in 2014. Ukraine retaking swathes of the Kherson region would deprive Moscow of that land corridor. It would also bring long-range Ukrainian artillery closer to Crimea, which Moscow sees as vitally important to its interests.
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Ukrainian forces are piling pressure on Russian troops in the southern region of Kherson. Losing control of the region would be another big setback for President Vladimir Putin.
By REUTERS
Published: OCTOBER 24, 2022
Ukrainian forces are piling pressure on Russian troops in the southern region of Kherson that Moscow occupied at the start of its invasion of Ukraine on February 24 Losing control of the region would be another big setback for President Vladimir Putin. Here is why the region is strategically important for the course of Russia's war in Ukraine.
Kherson region borders Crimea and provides Moscow with a land bridge to the Black Sea peninsula that it seized from Kyiv in 2014. Ukraine retaking swathes of the Kherson region would deprive Moscow of that land corridor. It would also bring long-range Ukrainian artillery closer to Crimea, which Moscow sees as vitally important to its interests.
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