Ukraine forces breakthrough in the south against Russia
Russian-installed officials in Kherson confirmed the advance but said Moscow's forces were digging in.
In the east, Ukrainian forces pushed into the Russian-held Luhansk region.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said, "there are new liberated settlements in several regions".
During his nightly address, President Zelensky said, "fierce fighting continues in many areas", but he did not give details. The progress of Ukraine's counterattacks has been closely guarded, and reporters have been mainly kept away from the front lines.
But in the south, Vladimir Saldo, the Russian-installed leader in the Kherson region, admitted that Ukrainian forces had broken through near Dudchany, a town on the Dnipro river about 30km (20 miles) south of the last front line. The river is called the Dnieper by Russians.
"There are settlements occupied by Ukrainian forces," Mr Saldo said. Some Russian reports say the Ukrainians have now taken Dudchany.
A Russian defence ministry spokesman, Igor Konashenkov, said: "numerically superior" Ukrainian tanks had "driven a deep wedge" south of Zolota Balka. This village marked the lastfront line on the Dnipro. He claimed the Russians had killed about 130 Ukrainian troops in that fighting.
According to Mr Saldo, two Ukrainian battalions tried to reach the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station, about 70km (44 miles) east of Kherson. The power station is in the port city of Nova Kakhovka.
The Ukrainian advance is targeting supply lines for as many as 25,000 Russian troops on the west bank of the Dnipro, Reuters news agency reports.
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