VIDEO
First Ukrainian armored vehicles crossing Dnipro River
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11-9-2023 1:30 a.m. EST
2:06 Minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QQY1Li2dBA
An incrementally growing Ukrainian bridgehead on the east bank of the Dnipro River has for the first time been reinforced by armored vehicles, Russian information platforms focused on the war and news platforms reported. Drone images of a single Ukrainian BTR-4 armored personnel carrier being ferried across the river aboard a Soviet-era amphibious transport were reportedly captured near the east bank village of Krynky, an outpost captured by Ukrainian Marines in late October, according to Kyiv Post publication.
Kyiv special operations and reconnaissance troops had operated in the waterways and marshes of the lower Dnipro River since at least May. The first Ukrainian moves to land combat infantry with the mission to hold ground on the opposite, Russia-held side of the river were launched around Oct. 15. Kyiv forces are improving and slowly expanding their positions, at times under Russian artillery fire and intermittent Russian air strikes, Russian military commentators have said.
Roman Kulikovsky, author of the pro-Russia Starshe Eddy Telegram news channel, said Kyiv’s transfer of armored vehicles to the growing bridgehead around Krynky would complicate Kremlin efforts to eliminate it. Currently, he said, Ukrainian Marines hold outposts and observation posts in the villages Krynky, Kusaseve, Peschanivka, and on the northern section of Aleshkin Island. Ukrainian Marines most recently have begun operating patrols and setting up ambushes along the road connecting the villages of Postepne and Kazachy Lager, Kulikovsky said. According to most Russian and Ukrainian independent commentator reports, the Ukrainian toeholds, prior to reinforcement by BTR-4 fighting vehicles, were of limited strength – with a platoon to a company of Marine infantry each location. The strongest Ukrainian positions are in the villages of Postepne and Peschanivka.
ARTICLE
President of Ukraine had a video call with the President of Paraguay
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Official website
9 November 2023 - 20:01
https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/prezident-ukrayini-proviv-videozustrich-iz-prezidentom-parag-86889
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a video conference call with President of the Republic of Paraguay Santiago Peña Palacios.
The Head of State expressed gratitude for the position of Paraguay on Russian aggression against Ukraine.
“I thank you for your support of Ukraine, our sovereignty and territorial integrity at the United Nations level, for supporting our resolutions,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
The Presidents discussed the situation in the Middle East. The Head of State noted that Ukraine is ready to assist Paraguay in the evacuation of citizens from Gaza.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy informed Santiago Peña Palacios about the meetings at the level of national security advisors and political advisors to the heads of state on the points of the Peace Formula. The President of Ukraine emphasized that our country plans to hold a global summit on the implementation of the Formula and invited Paraguay to join its preparation.
“We must demonstrate to the world that we have a plan and are committed to peace, and all our people want peace,” the Head of State emphasized.
The President of Ukraine invited the President of Paraguay to join the summit of the Ukrainian humanitarian initiative “Grain from Ukraine” to be held in Kyiv on November 25.
The leaders discussed further steps to expand cooperation between Ukraine and Paraguay, as well as to deepen Ukraine’s relations with other Latin American countries.
For his part, the President of Paraguay reiterated his support for Ukraine, which he expressed in his inaugural speech and in his speech at the UN General Assembly.