On August 12, the Ukrainian military carried out air strikes on enemy positions, and with the strikes of rocket and artillery units, they damaged the road bridge of the dam in Nova Kakhovka, the OK Yug reported..

“As part of the performance of fire missions, the automobile bridge of the Novaya Kakhovka dam was hit with a control exception of using it for its intended purpose,” the report says..

Also, Ukrainian aviation inflicted five strikes on strongholds and the accumulation of enemy weapons and equipment in the Bashtansky, Berislavsky and Kherson regions..

During the day, the defenders of Ukraine destroyed 46 invaders and 15 units of armored, engineering and automotive equipment. The final losses of the enemy are being reconnoitered.

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The Pentagon believes that the focus of the war between Russia and Ukraine has shifted to the south. And it is this direction, and not the Donbass, that can become the key in this war.. Ukraine is waiting for enough Western weapons to achieve fire parity and launch a counteroffensive in the Kherson region.