Ukraine Loses Hard-Won Position Near Dnipro River in the South

NY Times ^ | July 18, 2024 | Constant Méheut

[McGruff]

Ukrainian troops have lost a hard-won position on the eastern bank of the Dnipro River, near the southern city of Kherson, after months of bloody fighting to hold on to a piece of land in what some Ukrainian soldiers and military analysts have described as a futile operation.

The Ukrainian military said on Wednesday night that fighting continued on the eastern bank but that most of the main positions in the village of Krynky, where its troops had gained a foothold, “were destroyed by intense, combined and prolonged enemy fire.” The statement came after several Ukrainian news media outlets reported that Ukrainian forces had withdrawn from the village, which now lies in ruins.

The operation to establish a bridgehead on the Russian-controlled eastern bank of the Dnipro had been controversial from the start. Launched last fall,

[wildcard_redneck]

😢

[marcusmaximus]

Kyiv in 3 days!

[wildcard_redneck]

You keep posting the same response. Are you not getting paid enough?

[marcusmaximus]

Kharkiv in 3 days!

[lurk]

A river bank is not tenable for a defender, but not an asset to the attacker.

[JoSixChip]

A river bank is not tenable for a defender, but not an asset to the attacker.

LOL! Just last year the zeeper freaks were saying it is the holy grail of high ground.

[wildcard_redneck]

😁😎

[OldHarbor]

Krynky was blasted flat months ago.

Any Ukies were hiding in basements for months on end.

The Ukies lost many troops to maintain this useless “foothold” .

The Russians meanwhile would pick off any Ukie reinforcements miles away via Lancet drones.

[Democrat = party of treason]

When these people LOSE that war, which they will, how many BILLIONS of US taxpayer money will have been wasted...

[Dr. Sivana]

When these people LOSE that war, which they will, how many BILLIONS of US taxpayer money will have been wasted...

Or when the results wind up being the same as if you capitulated two years ago, but without hundreds of thousands of dead young men on both sides, and half the country leveled?

[Rdct29]

Ukraine is still losing the war.

[Mariner]

For months we heard this position was the beginning of the end for Russia.

It’s illustrative of the endless bs propaganda in the West.

The narrative was never even questioned, even though it was preposterous.

[sopo]

Another of these stupid name changes to confuse things, this is the same river as the Dnieper which everyone recalls from 7th grade geography as one of the great rivers of Europe.Why Kviv instead of Kiev, if not Moskva instead of Moscow ?

[hal ogen]

LOL!

[gibsonguy]

“how many BILLIONS of US taxpayer money will have been wasted...“

Not wasted ,laundered.

[wildcard_redneck]

“Ukraine is still losing the war.”

Yes they are and the Ukraine will soon start to lose even more rapidly.

[tennmountainman]

Trump will cut off the gravy train to the Global Homo and YouCraynee.

[rxh4n1]

“You keep posting the same response. Are you not getting paid enough?”

Whatever the CIA is paying is a ripoff.

[Navy Patriot]

Ukraine Loses Hard-Won Position Near Dnipro River in the South

So Sad...