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Ukraine counteroffensive in Kherson - updates
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 77977379:MV81MjI1MDY3Xzk2MTk1NDY3X0RDOTUwMzkx] [b]Ukraine's mysterious battle to retake Kherson[/b] Ukraine has been talking about launching a major counteroffensive in southern Kherson province since July, fighting to recapture at least the regional capital, Kherson City, from Russian invaders who seized the region soon after their Feb. 24 invasion. On Monday, Ukraine said the offensive had begun — then said little else. Ukraine is giving two main reasons for limiting the information available on its counteroffensive: the safety of journalists covering the war and tactical imperatives. "Military officials have barred reporters from accessing front-line areas across the country through at least Monday, a level of restrictions unprecedented in the six months since the start of the Russian onslaught," the Post reports. "They have asked Ukrainians to be patient and warned that operational security means information about the campaign will be slow to emerge." Is Russia also maintaining operational silence? No. Russia says the counteroffensive is real, and claims Ukraine is failing, with limited gains and huge casualties. Take that with a big grain of salt, ISW advises. "The Russian Ministry of Defense began conducting an information operation to present Ukraine's counteroffensive as decisively failed almost as soon as it was announced," and Ukrainians and the West shouldn't mistake Ukraine's operational silence as confirmation for Russia's narrative. What is Ukraine telling us about the offensive? Ukrainian officials pretty quickly said Ukrainian forces had broken through Russia's first lines of defense in Kherson, listing four villages Ukraine recapture and the bridges and pontoon crossings its artillery and airstrikes destroyed. "The enemy suffers quite significant losses — losses in manpower have gone from tens to hundreds," and its "equipment also burns," Ukraine's Humeniuk said Friday. "Our successes are quite convincing, and I think very soon we will be able to disclose more positive news." At the same time, "don't expect any quick victories," BBC News security correspondent Frank Gardner writes. "Ukrainian officials have hinted this is more likely to be a long, slow process of wearing down the Russian invaders, breaking their morale by targeting their supply lines using long-range artillery. A lot of those Russian soldiers won't want to be there while Ukrainians have a patriotic interest in regaining their land." The offensive is "going to take as long as needed and nobody is going to rush it because people expect something dramatic and exciting," Andriy Zagorodnyuk, former Ukrainian defense minister and chair of a military think tank in Kyiv, tells the Post. "They're going to be doing it safely, whatever time it takes." https://theweek.com/russo-ukrainian-war/1016293/the-battle-to-retake-kherson [/quote]
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This looks to be a long, drawn out operation so here is a thread for updates.
At this point, it looks like Ukraine ha made some minor gains but not much is being stated by either side.
This guy has been around for a while doing war maps also in Syria. Here is his take nine days into Ukraine's counteroffensive.
https://twitter.com/_/status/1566895792660570117
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