Kiev, which began operation a month ago, has destroyed bridges over the Dnieper River, leaving the Russian army
The Ukrainian army announced on Monday that it had successfully breached Russian defenses in the Kherson region. Representatives of the operational group of troops in Kakhovka, on the left bank of the Dnieper River and in the center of the Kherson region, posted a video on their Facebook page in which an apparently Russian soldier with a bloody face assures that the troops of Ukrainians «broke the first line of defense (…) they attack with everything they have, tanks, planes, artillery…». The recording is said to have been found on the mobile phone of the Russian soldier, whose whereabouts were not disclosed, whether he was able to flee, was arrested or killed.
The same Ukrainian military source in Kakhovka claims that the 109th regiment of the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) “had to leave their positions during the fighting, as well as the Russian paratroopers who supported them”. The publication “Gromadske” emphasized that the information about the advance and withdrawal of the 109th regiment was confirmed by three of its sources in different units of the Ukrainian army in the south of the country.
According to the Ukrainian agency UNIAN, the Ukrainian army stressed that “US-made multiple rocket launchers from HIMARS have destroyed almost all major bridges over the Dnieper in the Kherson region”, occupied by Russian forces in the first days of the invasion on the orders of President Vladimir Putin, on February 24.
According to the statement of the military operations group of Kakhovka, “we are talking about the destruction of railway and car bridges, the Antonovski and Novokakhovski (…) there are only a few pedestrian crossings left. The supply of weapons and personnel to the Russian army from the territory of Crimea has also been cut off. For Ukraine, this is a wonderful opportunity to give back its territory.”
The Ukrainian soldiers show on the networks videos of the Russian weapons left behind during the withdrawal, mainly ammunition. Shortly afterwards, Natalia Gumeniuk, head of the Press Center for the Joint Coordination of the Armed Forces of the South of Ukraine, confirmed that the Ukrainian army had forced the Donetsk 109 regiment to give up its positions.
“Gromadske” states that “Ukrainian armed forces also launched strike operations in many other areas of southern Ukraine”, also citing Gumeniuk. In his words, “those eight powerful blows were inflicted not only on the enemy’s firing positions, but also on their combat morale. The enemy is demoralized, confused. He finds it difficult to gather forces for future maneuvers. Now that he has entrenched himself and feels more or less protected between reinforced concrete structures, he does not want to attack». Ukrainian media assures that Ukrainian troops have already recovered the town of Suji Stávok.
On July 27, the Antonovski Bridge over the Dnieper River, located on the outskirts of the city of Kherson, had to be closed to traffic after being shelled by Ukrainian forces the night before as part of a counter-offensive to target the entire region for a month. had to wait.
The recently destroyed bridges over the Dnieper, if the information from Kiev is true, were key to supplying the group of Russian troops on the right bank of the river, as they were connected to the other bank and to the rest of the Kherson River. region, thus leaving Russian forces isolated from the main body and without the operational capability to attempt to advance westward towards Mykolaiv and Odessa.
In early July, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshuk called on residents of the Russian-occupied territories in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions to leave the area as soon as possible. He said the evacuation is “necessary so that the Ukrainian armed forces do not endanger the civilian population during the counter-offensive.”
Sergiy Jlan, one of Kherson’s Ukrainian government aides, assured last month that the plan is to “completely liberate the region by September”. In recent weeks, the Ukrainian army, using weapons sent by the West, has gradually gained ground and for the first time managed to hit targets even in Crimea, such as the Saki airport.
Source: La Verdad
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