Allegedly...
Credit goes to (in Swedish):
Ukraina uppges befriat halva Kinburnhalvön - stor mängd ryska krigsbrott avslöjas i Cherson, redan över 400 - fortsatta ryska anfallsförsök på Donetskfronten och stora ryska förluster
Ukraina uppges delvis befriat Kinburnhalvön på vänstra sidan om Dnipros utlopp. President Zelensky meddelade i sitt kvällstal att över 400 ryska krigsbrott på tidigare ockuperade Chersonfronten redan har uppdagats och kroppar av mördade civila har påträffats. Ryssland fortsätter anfalla på Donetskfrcornucopia.se
If true, this is huge. If nothing else a strong Ukrainian beach head on the left bank ties down a lot of Russian troops that would otherwise be freed up to go somewhere else.
A visual of the 2 possible unconfirmed beachheads. Slight correction to what I said above, the western beachhead is not on the Dnipro at all, it’s at the mouth of the gulf. Makes me wonder if there are more beachheads.
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Starting to think they put the full scale attack on Kherson on hold until they were prepared to do this assault immediately after, before Russia had a chance to prepare their defenses. Big question is how do they get heavy equipment across. Artillery support can come from the north shore, but they will need tanks and heavy equipment to push this attack forward much.
I think everyone assumed Ukraine would be making their attack in the east. Also, I think people expected Ukraine to consolidate their success before making another big move. This sort of immediate follow up is very aggressive.
This is… pretty damned smart if it succeeds. Ukraine has done a lot of crazy/ bold moves, this seems like another one.
The US gave Ukraine some amphibious vehicles. Somebody posted about it a couple pages back in this thread. That can ferry some equipment across, but keeping them fueled would be tough without a bridge.
If they can count on those Himars, maybe they can advance far enough to capture some Rus artillery and use it as their own.
the Ukrainians have a lot of 152mm artillery sidelined now because of a shortage of ammunition. And Russian guns are pretty worn out at this point. The Russians are very bad at maintenance.