Ukrainian armored vehicles likely brought to Dnipro left bank bridgehead in Kherson Oblast
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Ukrainian forces have likely brought a limited number of armored vehicles to the east (left) bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast for the first time since they launched more intensive ground operations there in October 2023.
That’s according to a new assessment from the Institute for the Study of War or ISW, a U.S. think tank, issued on Nov. 7.
The ISW said Ukrainian forces are continuing larger-than-usual ground operations on the east bank with a light infantry grouping of roughly battalion size.
On Nov. 6, Russian military bloggers published a photo on Telegram that purportedly showed a Ukrainian tracked amphibious transport (PTS) vehicle carrying an infantry fighting vehicle onto the east bank near Krynky (30 kilometers northeast of the city of Kherson and 2 kilometers inland from the Dnipro River).
Other military bloggers claimed on Nov. 7 that a Ukrainian amphibious infantry fighting vehicle crossed the Dnipro River on its own near Krynky and amplified separate footage on Nov. 7 purporting to show a destroyed Western amphibious armored personnel carrier in an unspecified location on the east bank.
Several Russian military bloggers claimed that either one or two Ukrainian PTS vehicles crossed the Dnipro near Krynky, while other military bloggers claimed that Ukrainian forces transferred several unspecified armored vehicles to the area.
Russian military bloggers claimed that more than 300 Ukrainian personnel (about a battalion’s worth) are operating on the east bank in the Krynky area and continue to claim that Ukrainian forces maintain positions in central Krynky and nearby areas.
Russian military bloggers also claimed that combat engagements continued near Krynky, as well as near Poyma (12 kiometers east of the city of Kherson and 4 kilometers from the Dnipro River), Pishchanivka (13 kilometers east of the city of Kherson and 3 kilometers from the Dnipro River), and Pidstepne (17 kilometers east of the city of Kherson and 4 kilometers from the Dnipro River), but did not claim that Ukrainian attempts to advance on Nov. 6-7 were particularly greater than in previous days.
Summarizing events in retrospect, ISW analysts speculated that Ukrainian forces may have conducted initial company-sized assaults across the Dnipro River onto the east (left) bank of Kherson Oblast as early as Oct. 17-18. In their view, if a battalion-sized Ukrainian force grouping is indeed operating on the left bank, it suggests that heavy Russian interdiction efforts along the Dnipro River have not prevented Ukrainian forces from transferring additional personnel and materiel to positions on the east bank.
However, ISW said that it would not speculate on the prospects of ongoing Ukrainian activity on the east bank of Kherson Oblast.
Ukraine is maintaining strict operational security in its ongoing counter-offensive, and little information is released by the military about ongoing operations.
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