I think they are basically trying to weaken NATO more before they start moving forward (hence waiting for winter). I also don't think they'll let any territories be lost in Kherson region since after the first plan was lost (annex anything west of Dnipro river) the main plan is to cut off Ukraine from the sea and basically reach Moldova by annexing all those regions in the south.
The bombardments of southern targets from Ochakiv to Odesa could be considered a proof of that plan.
Ukrainians haven't have that much success liberating those regions in Kherson front either.
Ukrainians are putting all their effort in Kharkov region and in Kherson the frontlines haven't moved much. And Kherson is very flat terrain. Conducting an offensive operation is going to be risky for either sides. The Ukrainians are not going to care as long as they conquer Lyman and other strategic cities in the Kharkov-Lugask-Donetsk region. Lyman will be recaptured either by today or tomorrow, as it is already under siege. This city was strategically located along the supply lines to Donestk and will give a big advantage to the Ukrainians.
When I read you, I always have a smile on my face
It seems that you have the Internet, free access to information, but you do not notice reality, and in principle, you constantly study only information only from Russian propaganda resources
The situation has changed, and now you can see:
1. Breakthrough by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the defense lines of the army of Russian terrorists. (see the map, with the real dynamics of the liberation of Ukrainian lands from the Nazis and Russian terrorists)
https://deepstatemap.live/#8/48.292/35.1452. Breakthrough by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the defense lines of the army of Russian terrorists, in the Luhansk region
3. Tantrums of Russian propagandists about "where are our victories, why are our troops fleeing?!"
Do not believe? Google it! Simonyan, and others are already preparing the ground for saying "yes, we were always against the war against Ukraine, it was Putin who forced us!"
4. Mobilization in the country with the "second army in the world"!
And not of a high-quality mobilization staff, but of the rabble and marginals, to whom the military commissars are telling that these one-time "warriors" need to ask their girls and mothers for women's hygienic tampons and women's pads, in order to have at least some means to stop the blood
Here video from the barracks of Russian mobilized disposable terrorists. Turn on subtitles - make sure
https://youtu.be/cZVToAou7jc