Ukraine official says army to retake Kherson from Russians today

Times of Israel ^ | SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 2022 | TOI STAFF

[GonzoII]

A Ukrainian official says the country’s military will retake Kherson — the first major city Russia’s troops captured — later today.

Markian Lubkivskyi, an adviser to the Ukrainian defense minister tells the BBC: “I believe that today the city will be fully under the control of Ukrainian armed forces.

“We have finished in the last two days the operation in the Kyiv region so other armed forces are now focused on the southern part trying to get free Kherson and some other Ukrainian cities,” he says, according to Sky News.

[GonzoII]

[NorseViking]

I heard it took place yesterday. Except nobody has seen it.

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

Odd for a nation whose military has been destroyed (allegedly), and all that is left is the “mopping up.”

[proust]

“A Ukrainian official says”

Yep, no reason to read the rest of the propaganda. 🥱

[Zhang Fei]

[I heard it took place yesterday. Except nobody has seen it.]

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Ukies denied it. That was the Pentagon jumping the gun. They’ve presumably hoovered up a bunch of sigint and visual cues about current battlefield developments on both sides. So far, apart from Milley’s view that Kiev would fall in 72 hours, Pentagon projections have been pretty accurate - including the one that Putin was poised to invade, despite denial after denial by Russian government spokespeople.

[rbmillerjr]

No they merely took important territory in Kherson yesterday.

Better tell your Russian military buddies to get out while the gettin is good.

As the Russians begin their retreat to save something in the East, Ukraine could attack and divide the new land bridge from Crimea to the East.

I knew it would be a tough year for Russia when they didn’t get the Hockey Gold.

[NorseViking]

In fact Putin didn’t deny it, although everybody thought it is unlikely. He made the point that the Ukie attempt to regain Donbas is going to be a red line.

[NorseViking]

What a rich fantasy!

[Renfrew]

It’s a claim that will be pretty easy to verify in the next couple days.

[Zhang Fei]

[In fact Putin didn’t deny it, although everybody thought it is unlikely.]

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Russian government spokespeople did. Putin is not his own PR flack. That’s a full-time job in itself for an entire department of people.

[proust]

They’ll be on to the next claim by then.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I can’t believe how the moronic Ukrainians allow the Russkis in their huddles for each play. “Fullback, sweep left.”

[GonzoII]

"easy to verify in the next couple days"

I'll post it.

[escapefromboston]

I suppose anything is possible

[BeauBo]

I guess if Kherson can be taken back, so can Mariupol.

And Crimea, since Putin put everything in play.

500 Javelins per day. So easy, a child can shoot it.

[MrBambaLaMamba]

[NorseViking]

Just imagine a couple thousand landing back in the US.

[chemical_boy]

The land bridge is unassailable. Its all open farmland with some trees planted between farm plots, it would be suicidal to attack.

[libh8er]

When it’s all over Ukraine will capture some Russian territory too as punishment and claim it was always a part of Ukraine.

[sauropod]

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