KHERSON REGION, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 14: Ukrainian infantrymen soldiers travel on the Dnipro River on boats on September 14, 2023 in Kherson region, Ukraine. Ukrainian soldiers sail to their positions in boats at dawn. The Ukrainian military is preparing a bridgehead for further advance on the Kherson frontline. (Photo by Libkos/Getty Images)
Ukrainian soldiers on the Dnipro River.
  • Successful Russian glide bomb attacks on a village in the Kherson region have fallen from 80 a day to four, an officer said.
  • Russia has increasingly targeted Ukraine with glide bombs, some weighing over 3,000 pounds.
  • Newly supplied US weapons, like ATACMS and Patriot missiles, are aiding Ukraine's defense.

An officer fighting to defend the strip of land Ukraine has occupied on the left bank of the Dnipro River said that US aid has helped reduce the number of successful Russian glide bomb attacks on his squad's position.