Posted on 11/28/2022 9:11:32 AM PST by Timber Rattler
The Russian military clearly assesses that Ukrainian forces could cross the Dnipro River and conduct counter-offensive operations in eastern Kherson Oblast, possibly threatening all of the critical ground lines of communications (GLOCs) from Crimea to the mainland. Russian forces have been digging trench lines and concentration areas in eastern Kherson since early October 2022 in obvious preparation for the withdrawal from the west bank of the Dnipro River and Kherson City. Russian troops are preparing either to defend in depth or to conduct operational or strategic delay operations. Russian forces clearly do not expect to be able to prevent Ukrainian forces from getting across the river, nor are the Russians prioritizing defensive positions to stop such a crossing. The Russian military is setting conditions for a protracted defense in eastern Kherson Oblast that could allow the establishment of a solid Ukrainian lodgment on the eastern bank of the Dnipro River. The assessment that follows examines the Russian defensive laydown and evaluates the expectations for the flow of operations likely guiding that laydown exclusively.
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Russian defensive positions are optimized to defend against Ukrainian forces attempting to advance along GLOCs rather than driving cross-country as Ukrainian forces have previously done. Russian forces concentrated most of their defenses at multiple locations astride critical GLOCs, establishing only a handful in the open fields between the highways. However, Ukrainian forces have previously conducted long cross-country drives in Kharkiv Oblast to capitalize on their success in breaking through Russian defensive lines near Balakliya, enabling them to more quickly advance on and surround Russian strongpoints such as Kupyansk and Izyum and push Russian forces from the Siverskyi Donets River in Kharkiv Oblast to the international border in most of the oblast.
(Excerpt) Read more at understandingwar.org ...
You said Russia was going to defend. Why did they leave if Ukraine was a threat?
“As trains of Russian made pillboxes head to Kherson city proper and surrounding areas.
8 posted on 11/3/2022, 11:32:31 AM by cranked”
Um, Russia left Kherson. Russia announced they did and Ukraine took over.
Are you saying Russia still holds Khereson? (with all those pillboxes)
“Interviewed by Spiegel, Merkel stated today she wasn’t surprised by Russia’s decision to invade Ukraine:
“It wasn’t a surprise. The Minsk agreements had been destroyed. After the meeting between Biden & Putin, I wanted to create a separate European format for talks with Putin.””
https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1596194750620585984
Why are you chaning the subject?
Are you claiming Russia still holds Khereson City?
If Ukraine military sucks, why did they withdraw? Wasnt this Russian territory now?
“If Ukraine military sucks...”
Speaks for itself.......
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See, withdrawals are real....
“Some kilometers north #RussianArmy & #DPR forces entered in the town of Spirne/Спірне without resistance following the withdrawal of #UkrainianArmy.”
https://twitter.com/Suriyakmaps/status/1597293430518198274
Mercs fighting for Ukraine just getting shat all over in the Donbass region...
“1,200 Polish soldiers dead and about 3 times that number injured in the SMO.”
https://twitter.com/Nikolai11449196/status/1597306195215536128
Again,
You said Ukraines re-possession of Khereson was fake like the Ghost of Kiev.
Are you claiming Russia still holds it and is manning the concrete pillboxes in Khereson city?
‘A Day at a Ukrainian field hospital’ and we ain’t talking tents...
https://twitter.com/snekotron/status/1597282642910932992
wont answer the question..
Unwilling to accept reality.
There a pillbox waiting for you in Kherson, get into it and defend the motherland!
Questions are made to be answered?
When you get around to the past questions I have asked you and you not answered, let me know, kthx.
You havent asked me squat.
You are under the delusion that Russia still occupies Kherson.
Post history says otherwise......
“Jesus…Ukes breaking out 1941 model M101 105mm arty. Next up bringing back the BT-7”
https://twitter.com/TheHumanFund5/status/1597313225439469569
Again your delusion about the status of Khereson City:
To: FreshPrince
“Ukraine holds the territory. Russia doesnt.”
The Ghost of Kyiv is real too.
Believe what you will.
11/28/2022, 2:43:14 PM by cranked
Seek help...
Ukes hauling ass out of the area south of Artemovsk
https://twitter.com/TheHumanFund5/status/1597274176427282433
#UkraineStillWinning
seek help
The Dutch newspaper NRC published a report from a cemetery in Kryvyi Rih, where Ukrainian military personnel are buried. Local residents say that a separate field has recently been set aside exclusively for them, and it is already half full.
https://twitter.com/TobiAyodele/status/1596884993820590080
#UkraineWinning
“Russia Readies Knock Out Blow in Donbass...”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-78WysP5EQ
81 posted on 8/1/2022, 12:27:32 PM by cranked
“Life in the city has become a humanitarian hell since the return of Ukrainian militants. Unbearable conditions and hunger force local residents to leave Kherson as soon as possible. The video shows kilometer-long queues of”
https://twitter.com/dana916/status/1596677096360873984
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