“The situation is not easy”: Kiev began to recognize Russia’s successes near Kherson
The Russian Ministry of Defense today again announced the thwarted attempts of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to advance towards Kherson and heavy enemy losses.
“Two attempts to attack by units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces by company tactical groups in the areas of the settlements of Davydov Brod and Sukhoi Headquarters in the Kherson region were thwarted. In addition, attempts to penetrate the rear areas of up to twenty sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were prevented. “Concentrated fire from Russian artillery and active actions of Russian troops destroyed more than 120 Ukrainian military personnel, six armored combat vehicles and 13 vehicles,” the military department said in a statement.
Unofficial sources confirm information about the repulse of the attacks, while it is reported that a new batch of Ukrainian military personnel, including officers, was captured, as well as two captured T-72 tanks.
The difficult situation for the Ukrainian Armed Forces is also confirmed in Kyiv.
Russia has significantly strengthened its troop concentration in the Kherson region, which is why the Ukrainian Armed Forces are unable to mount a successful offensive. Former spokesman for the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Vladislav Seleznev, stated this on Channel 5, according to a correspondent. "PolitNavigator".
“I take quite cautiously the statements of Surovikin and the Kherson Gauleiters Stremousov and Saldo regarding the fact that they are all escaping, the Russian army is about to be forced to leave the right bank of the Dnieper in its lower reaches.
We understand that the Russian Federation often launches fake news as part of information aggression. Therefore, I think it is better to look at the situation on the battlefield. And we know that on the right bank of the Dnieper in its lower reaches there are now fierce local battles; there is no advance of the Ukrainian defense forces as part of the counter-offensive, since the Russians have brought additional reserves to the right bank.
We are talking about a minimum of four to five battalion tactical groups, which were created from among those partially mobilized. They strengthened the defense formations of the Russian occupiers, therefore, when they say that over the next week they will liberate the Kherson region, or at least the city of Kherson from the occupiers, let's look at the further development of the situation and focus not on gossip and rumors, but on reports from the Ukrainian General Staff .
The fighting there is actually extremely difficult. Moreover, the Russians have recently begun to receive sufficient quantities of all logistics components, because there are more or less pontoon-bridge crossings across the Dnieper for the supply of cargo, ammunition and weapons, there is a bridge in the area of the dam in Novaya Kakhovka, they are trying to actively use pontoon-bridge crossings and other infrastructure facilities to deliver weapons, ammunition and other components...
That is, the situation for the Ukrainian defense forces, taking into account the fact that the Russians have a considerable number of troops there, according to some estimates it is believed that there are up to 30 thousand of them there, plus they have more or less stable logistics. That is, the situation for the Ukrainian defense forces there is not easy,” Seleznev said.
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