Ukraine counteroffensive in Kherson - updates

This guys maps have always been good and appears to be unbiased towards either side

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Thread: Ukraine Recaptures Kherson Village From Russia, Raises Flag Over Hospital

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30k more Ukrainian troops are being brought in to get massacred there.

Any sovereign or sane government would have surrendered by now

From all reports, they are making some progress and have already liberated some villages that the Russians were occupied.

But you think they should roll over and surrender their homeland? What king of propaganda are you trying to peddle?

Russia Gives Clearest Indication Yet That Kherson Defense is Not Going Well

Kremlin-installed leader of occupied Kherson announced on Monday that the region's planned referendum on joining Russia has been "paused" because of a security situation.

Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the Russian-appointed military-civilian regional administration, was cited by the Russian state-owned news agency Tass as telling state television channel Rossiya-1 that local officials are focusing on protecting Kherson residents.

"We prepared for the vote, we wanted to have a referendum in the near future, but because of all the events that have happened now, I think that for now we will pause," Stremousov said, adding that the main task at present is to "feed" and "protect" the people of Kherson.

Previously, Kremlin-installed officials had indicated that referendums on joining neighboring Russia would take place in September or October in Kherson, the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics and in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Stremousov also said the vital Antonivskyi road bridge, which crosses the Dnieper river near Kherson city, was impassable to cars after weeks of Ukrainian shelling.

In recent weeks, Russia’s hold on Kherson, a land bridge for Russian forces to get to and from Russian-annexed Crimea, has appeared increasingly shaky.

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It’s going regardless, there just won’t be any Ukrainian people left to bitch about it now. Win win for Putin.

Kill putins communists and islamic jihadists.

Yeah, the Russ shills have really stuck their necks out on this one hahaha. It's going to be interesting to see their explanation when the Ukraine flag goes back up on Kherson City Hall lolololololoololololololol.

I got the popcorn ready.

Ukraine's mysterious battle to retake Kherson

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."

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This Russian shill was talking like it was all over with a week ago.

Thread: AUg 30 Ukraine Update - Did the Kherson offensive do anything?

And here’s another one

Thread: Breaking !! Ukraine counter offensive attack in kherson fail miserably.

My favorite one so far was last night when some clown tried to claim 2400 Ukrainians had been ambushed and killed yesterday then gave a link that also claimed they'd destroyed 200 HIMARS at the same time. That's a glorious kill ratio indeed when there are only something like 20 HIMARS in the country to begin with.

Putin got by Ukraine

Why bother with such threads, as its only going to be ukraine propaganda?

Don't you have something to smoke on a puffer thread?

Why does StupidinTX start a Russian propaganda thread every single stinking day?

Maybe he is a hidden relative of Moscow Bob

Looks a lot like the 2016 election

You dumb bastards.

It's fuckin over.

The uke notzee's got turned to hamburger.

Go to the tele...grams.

Ya stupid retarded sons of bitches.

And 1 star for pedonotzee propaganda.

Any human that sides with zelensky...after all the information out ...is a complete piece of shit.