Ukraine has established several bridgeheads in Kherson that could be important key points to Crimea. Is Russia downplaying the danger?
Kherson – The situation on the hard-fought Kherson front is essential for Russia, according to the Institute for War Research (ISW). more threatening, as Moscow reported. Ukraine has successfully set up several bases, particularly on the eastern bank of the Dnieper River, according to the US news magazine Newsweek reported.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said loudly Newsweek that Moscow troops on the eastern bank of the Dnieper had repelled all Ukrainian “river operations in the direction of Kherson,” which had inflicted “colossal” losses on Ukrainian forces in the region. However, Shoigu’s reports would not match the news of many other Russian military bloggers Ukraine war to match. They have been describing a deterioration in the situation on the Dnieper for several weeks. Loud ntv They complain that the wounded also have to fight and that “their own indolence” is the “main enemy at the front.”
Russia in distress: Ukraine is building bridgeheads to Crimea
Since Ukraine Kherson a year ago from Russia recaptured, the fighting there was largely limited to small raids and drone strikes. Ukrainian bridgeheads have now appeared in the eastern villages of Krynky, Pishchanivka and Poyma. One is located less than 80 kilometers from the entrances to occupied Crimea and is close to at least one major highway. That’s why a new fight could be brewing there.
In its war report Tuesday evening, the ISW wrote that Shoigu’s comments were “likely an attempt to downplay concerns among some Russian bloggers about Russia’s inability to deter Ukrainian attacks on the eastern bank of the Dnipro River,” former Ukrainian Security Service officer Ivan Stupak said Newsweekthat around 300 Ukrainian soldiers were deployed on the eastern bank. Most of them would be Marines.
“I am very confident that this operation could potentially be successful,” Stupak said. “At least some heavy equipment has also been relocated to the left bank.” This would include mobile bridges made in Germany that are intended to make crossing waterways easier. According to Stupak, the ultimate destination for Kiev could be the Black Sea port of Skadovsk. It is currently occupied by Russia, which is defending the Kinburn Spit. If Ukraine retakes the territory, it could bring Crimea under its “fire control.”
Ukraine has retaken part of the occupied territory in Kherson from Russia
The Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky posted according to the South German newspaper on November 17th there were martial recordings on Telegram that allegedly show Ukrainian armed forces on the southeastern bank near Kherson: soldiers on speedboats in the backlight and during remote-controlled drone flights with VR glasses. There have been repeated small advances by Ukrainian troops across the Dnieper in recent months. In the meantime, they are said to have established a bridgehead near the village of Krynky, as British intelligence has now confirmed.
The Ukrainian bridgehead is one small success for the Ukrainian army because it would tie up forces from the Russian armed forces that are needed on other parts of the front. In addition, the city of Kherson could no longer be attacked with mortars as easily by Russian troops across the river. So it looks like the Russian army has already lost control of part of the territory it actually occupied.
Ukraine war in Kherson: For every Russian drone there are three Ukrainian drones
A video on X by a Russian marine infantry unit stationed in Krynky shows the difficult situation in which Moscow forces find themselves on the eastern bank. “It’s sad,” said the soldier filming. “I have no idea what the commanders are doing.” He recalls a recent conversation with a soldier in the area who told him: “They put all the crooked, blind and broken people together and sent them to the Ukrainians.”
“He said the Ukrainians had three drones for every one of our drones,” the Russian soldier added. “This is very bad and very sad.” Referring to a Ukrainian video in which 13 Russian soldiers were reportedly killed in Krynky, he said: “It was scary to watch. A shame. It tears your soul apart.”
According to Russian sources, Ukrainian forces continue to hold positions in Krynky and near the Antonivsky road bridge and the small railway bridge six kilometers east of the Antonivsky bridge. The British Ministry of Defense reports: The fighting for Krynky is on a smaller scale than some major battles of the war, but is viewed by the Russian leadership as extremely disadvantageous. (Lisa Mariella Löw)
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