Ukrainian army forces have reportedly focused and destroyed two bridges over the Dnieper River that Russian forces used to resupply their forces and produce extra troops into the Kherson area.
Ukraine claims it rendered unusable the bridge that spans the dam at Nova Kakhovka. An earlier assault by Kyiv broken the bridge, and Russian troops had been solely capable of make superficial repairs earlier than the most recent assault, which has closed it.
The Ukrainian Army’s Operational Command South posted on Fb, “The destruction of the highway bridge of the Nova Kakhovka dam was ensured, with the consequence that it was taken out of operation.”
Again in late July, Ukrainian forces closed Kherson’s Antonivskiy Bridge utilizing a HIMARS missile system, an assault that in response to Western army sources left the crossing “fully unusable.”
Exterior Affirmation
Whereas most media companies say they’ll’t affirm Kyiv’s declare, the UK Protection Ministry, in its day by day intelligence evaluation, confirmed that the bridges had certainly been made closely broken.
The UK intelligence evaluation stated that Ukrainian precision strikes (in all probability from U.S.-made HIMARS missiles) have made the highway crossing over the Dnieper River “unusable for heavy army autos.” Nova Kakhovka is positioned about 34 miles northeast of Kherson.
The Ministry added that since late July, hundreds of Russian personnel have been compelled to make use of simply two pontoon ferry bridges for resupply efforts in Kherson.
“With their provide chain constrained, the dimensions of any stockpiles Russia has managed to ascertain on the west financial institution is prone to be a key issue within the drive’s endurance,” the Ministry said.
Ukraine’s Plan for Kherson
The plan by Kyiv is pretty clear: They’re attempting to isolate and minimize off Russian troops on the west facet of the river earlier than Moscow annexes Kherson, an act for which Russia has already laid the groundwork.
As soon as Russian troops are minimize off and working quick on meals, ammunition, and replacements, then the counterattack to retake Kherson can proceed.
Ukrainian Minister of Protection Oleksiy Reznikov ssupport that his troops want 100 HIMARS techniques. The U.S. has solely promised 20 and has delivered 16 to this point. The UK has delivered three M-270 missile techniques, which hearth the identical missiles as HIMARS, and are sending an extra three.
Serhii Khlan, an adviser to the pinnacle of the Kherson area’s army administration, posted on Fb that Kyiv’s plan is to frustrate and isolate Moscow’s forces within the metropolis, which was captured within the early days of the warfare.
“In fact, they may attempt to restore, search for an alternate within the crossings,” he stated. “However it’s time, cash, after which as quickly as they put together and achieve gear and energy — we’ll destroy it once more.”
Degraded Russian Forces
Ukrainian Armed Forces chief Common Valeri Zaluzhnyi spoke by phone with U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Workers Gen. Mark Milley on Saturday. Zaluzhnyi stated that Ukrainian troops had destroyed one-fifth of Russia’s floor forces within the nation.
“I preserve a fixed dialogue with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Workers of america, Common Mark Milley. In at this time’s cellphone dialog, we as soon as once more checked out Russian losses on this warfare. We document the enemy is struggling important losses, primarily in manpower – one-fifth of Russian armed forces items concerned in hostilities in Ukraine have been destroyed,” Zaluzhnyi posted on the Telegram channel app.
Zaluzhnyi added that he advised Milley that the combating is ongoing throughout a 1,300km entrance and that Ukraine wants extra superior artillery techniques. He requested that Ukraine’s worldwide companions furnish them with what they require.
Many Western officers and analysts imagine that Russia has misplaced about 20,000 troopers within the pitched combating since its forces invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24.
Steve Balestrieri is a 1945 Nationwide Safety Columnist. He served as a US Army Special Forces NCO and Warrant Officer, primarily within the seventh SFG. Along with writing for 19fortyfive.com and different army information organizations, he has coated the NFL for PatsFans.com for over 11 years. His work was repeatedly featured within the Millbury-Sutton Chronicle and Grafton News newspapers in Massachusetts.
