By Neil Hauer on the Kherson/Mykolaiv front Even hotly contested frontlines in the world’s current biggest war have their downtime. For southern Ukraine, that time is now. After months of fierce battles, the line of contact between Ukrainian and Russian forces on the borders of the Mykolaiv and Kherson regions has fallen nearly silent. Both sides find themselves biding their time, albeit for opposite reasons: Kyiv is building up its forces for a new offensive to follow the successful liberation of numerous villages in northeast Kherson earlier this month, while Moscow is digging in with recent…