Overview

• Russian forces dropped guided aerial bombs on August 2, damaging Kherson’s only road bridge to Korabel island and tightening the city’s isolation campaign.
• Continuous drone surveillance coupled with artillery strikes has forced about 1,300 residents of Korabel to evacuate with minimal belongings under hazardous conditions.
• Airstrikes severed gas, electricity and water supplies to the district, leaving residents reliant on intermittent power generators for basic needs.
• Kherson officials report no immediate threat of a Russian amphibious landing on Korabel due to geographic obstacles and active Ukrainian anti-landing defenses.
• Local authorities are coordinating constrained repair efforts and humanitarian aid deliveries across the damaged bridge despite persistent Russian fire.