Over 70,000 soldiers and numerous weaponry units deployed on left bank of Dnipro – Armed Forces
The overall strength of the Russian occupation forces on the left (east) bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson and Zaporizhzhya oblasts is estimated to be over 70,000 personnel with hundreds of weaponry and equipment, the spokesperson of the Southern Defense Forces Natalia Humeniuk said on the national television on Feb. 2.
Not all the invaders are concentrated directly along the front line, some of them are stationed in the deeper rear, from where they are pulled up as an additional resource, according to her.
Situation on the left bank of Kherson Oblast can be described as “very difficult”, Humeniuk said.
“This particular fact that such different dynamics of enemy assaults are also exhausting, it is very difficult to perceive and plan combat work. But our soldiers are always ready,” she said.
The group of Russians trying to recapture territories on the left bank is constantly changing both quantitatively and qualitatively, Humeniuk said, adding that they suffer up to 70% of their personnel loss in almost every assault group.
Russians do not use armored vehicles at the same time, because they “understand they are to lose them”, and therefore try to preserve them until the moment when the Ukrainian Defense Forces will switch to more powerful actions.
“They realize that we have been working on further fortifying recaptured territory ever since regaining it, as well as ensuring the success of potential future advances”, Humeniuk said.
“They are trying to prevent us from doing so, but we keep doing our job.”
Ukrainian soldiers had gained a foothold in several bridgeheads on the occupied left bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast, The Armed Forces of Ukraine officially reported on Nov. 17.
The U.S.-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote on Oct. 18, in particular, about the success of the Armed Forces and the advance on the left bank of Kherson Oblast.
A breakthrough across the Dnipro River to the occupied part of the oblast in the area of the villages of the Oleshky community was also reported.
An advance to the village of Krynky was reported by analysts on Oct. 20 with the following probable bridgehead expansion resulting in cutting off an important way from Nova Kakhovka to Oleshky on Nov. 10.
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