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The wounding of General Teplinsky could lead to the loss of the Kherson region. Does Gerasimov have his own plans for this?
Three sources at once in the General Staff and the Ministry of Defense expressed fears that due to the injury of the commander of the Dnepr group of troops, Mikhail Teplinsky, our army could have serious problems in the Kherson region.
“It’s no secret that the situation on the left bank of the Dnieper is not going smoothly for us. This you have reported several times.
"In principle, the change of commander of the Dnepr group was associated with panic, violation of discipline, friendly fire and other problems.
"But General Teplinsky didn’t even have time to restore order before he was wounded,” says one of our interlocutors, drawing truly gloomy forecasts.
According to another interlocutor, soon after Teplinsky was wounded, the Ukrainian army improved its position in the area of the settlements of Cossack Camps and Krynki.
“Mikhail Yuryevich’s injury, as far as I heard, is serious.
"Although they talk all sorts of things here. I’m afraid that if an adequate replacement is not urgently found for him, we may lose at least part of the Kherson region. An army without control fights very poorly,” the interlocutor shared his fears.
Moreover, all sources believe that Valery Gerasimov may be involved in the retreat in the Kherson region.
“Sorry, the topic is the wounding of General Teplinsky. It is no secret that Valery Vasilyevich proposed retreating from Bakhmut and Tokmak in order to save strength and use people in other directions. He was not allowed to do this.
"Taking into account the creation of several bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper, Gerasimov may propose a retreat in the Kherson region.
"Of course, under the pretext of strengthening other directions - in particular, Avdiivka, Kupyansk, Vugledar - three important goals for us,” a high-ranking interlocutor at the Ministry of Defense told us.