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By Day 5 of the Zelensky Offensive, Ukraine lost 3,000 troops killed and 7,000 wounded who could not return to combat, or roughly one whole Division.  ''The Washington Post'' reported,  

By Day 5 of the Zelensky Offensive, Ukraine lost 3,000 troops killed and 7,000 wounded who could not return to combat, or roughly one whole Division.  ''The Washington Post'' reported,  

{{quotebox-float|"In dimly lit hospital rooms in southern Ukraine, soldiers with severed limbs, shrapnel wounds, mangled hands and shattered joints recounted the lopsided disadvantages their units faced in the early days of a new offensive to expel Russian forces from the strategic city of Kherson...The soldiers said they lacked the artillery needed to dislodge Russia’s entrenched forces and described a yawning technology gap with their better-equipped adversaries...The interviews provided some of the first direct accounts of a push to retake captured territory that is so sensitive, Ukrainian military commanders have barred reporters from visiting the front lines”.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/07/ukraine-kherson-offensive-casualties-ammunition/</ref>}}

{{quotebox-float|"In dimly lit hospital rooms in southern Ukraine, soldiers with severed limbs, shrapnel wounds, mangled hands and shattered joints recounted the lopsided disadvantages their units faced in the early days of a new offensive to expel Russian forces from the strategic city of Kherson...The soldiers said they lacked the artillery needed to dislodge Russia’s entrenched forces and described a yawning technology gap with their better-equipped adversaries...The interviews provided some of the first direct accounts of a push to retake captured territory that is so sensitive, Ukrainian military commanders have barred reporters from visiting the front lines”.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/07/ukraine-kherson-offensive-casualties-ammunition/</ref>}}

Ukrainian soldiers told ''WaPo'' they were not able to hear the Russian drones spotting their positions from miles up in the sky, while Russian military hackers took control over every drone the Ukrainians sent up.  One soldier remarked, “They used everything on us...Who can survive an attack for five hours like that?”<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/07/ukraine-kherson-offensive-casualties-ammunition/</ref>  Russian built Geran kamikaze drones on the Iranian design were reportedly used for the first time in Ukraine.<ref>The Shahed-129 and Shahed-136, rebranded the Geranium 2 in Russian nomenclature, is low cost with a range of 2000 km.</ref> 1/3 of the Polish-supplied T-72 were destroyed in the first week of counteroffensive.

Ukrainian soldiers told ''WaPo'' they were not able to hear the Russian drones spotting their positions from miles up in the sky, while Russian military hackers took control over every drone the Ukrainians sent up.  One soldier remarked, “They used everything on us...Who can survive an attack for five hours like that?”<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/07/ukraine-kherson-offensive-casualties-ammunition/</ref>  Russian built Geran kamikaze drones on the Iranian design were reportedly used for the first time in Ukraine.<ref>The Shahed-129 and Shahed-136, rebranded the Geranium 2 in Russian nomenclature, is low cost with a range of 2000 km.</ref> 1/3 of the Polish-supplied [[T-72]] were destroyed in the first week of counteroffensive.

[[File:Zelensky Offensive Kherson.PNG|left|400px|thumb|Nearly 2,000 Ukrainians killed in the long awaited first 2 days of the Zelensky Offensive.]]

[[File:Zelensky Offensive Kherson.PNG|left|400px|thumb|Nearly 2,000 Ukrainians killed in the long awaited first 2 days of the Zelensky Offensive.]]

Beginning on September 15, 2022 the Russians began knocking out upstream dams on the Inhulets river, washing out the Ukrainian pontoon bridges and cutting off the main advance on the Kherson front.  The Russians allowed evacuation of the dead and wounded without attacking.

Beginning on September 15, 2022 the Russians began knocking out upstream dams on the Inhulets river, washing out the Ukrainian pontoon bridges and cutting off the main advance on the Kherson front.  The Russians allowed evacuation of the dead and wounded without attacking.