ISW: Ukraine troops make significant progress in Kherson direction

Ukrainian forces continued to make significant gains in Kherson Oblast while simultaneously continuing advances in Kharkiv and Luhansk oblasts on October 4.

Ukrainian forces liberated several settlements on the eastern bank of the Inhulets River along the T2207 highway, forcing Russian forces to retreat to the south toward Kherson city, Caliber.Az reports citing the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

Ukrainian forces also continued to push south along the Dnipro River and the T0403 highway, severing two Russian ground lines of communication (GLOCs) in northern Kherson Oblast and forcing Russians south of the Kherson-Dnipropetrovsk Oblast border toward the Beryslav area.

ISW clarifies that Ukrainian military officials noted that the Ukrainian interdiction campaign is crippling Russian attempts to transfer additional ammunition, reserves, mobilised men, and means of defence to frontline positions.

Ukrainian forces also continued to advance east of the Oskil River in Kharkiv Oblast. Russian sources cited by ISW claimed that battles are ongoing near the R66 Svatove-Kreminna highway.

Russian forces continued to conduct artillery, air, and missile strikes west of Hulyiapole and in Dnipropetrovsk and Mykolayiv oblasts on October 4.