In Part 1 of our dilogy about the early days of the Russian invasion of Southern Ukraine, we discussed how, in the first week of the heavy combat, Russians had managed to break through initial Ukrainian lines and capture the first regional center, Kherson. However, delaying actions of Ukrainian armed forces during the retreat allowed the formation of a new line of defense anchored on cities like Mykolaiv, Bashtanka, and Voznesensk, according to the plan of Major General Dmytro Marchenko, head of Mykolaiv defense. Moreover, in the Battle of Voznesensk, Ukrainians routed Russians, inflicting heavy losses on the adversary and putting an abrupt end to the unrestricted enemy advance. This victory is the first sign that Ukrainians start regaining initiative despite the initial catastrophic defeats that led to quite a complex situation on the Southern Front.