Footage out of Ukraine reportedly shows a column of Russian tanks crossing a bridge into Kherson while under heavy fire from Ukrainian forces. Machine gun fire can be heard and various explosion erupt around the armored vehicles.

Kherson is a city in the south of Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Kherson Oblast and an economic center. Kherson is an important port on the Black Sea and on the Dnieper River, and the home of a major ship-building industry.