Since Russia, through the former Soviet Union, has been threatening my country since the day I was born, anything bad that happens to them makes me happy.
Contemporary Russia is not the Soviet Union and so many blithering idiots fail to acknowledge that fact.....if your country was threatened by the Soviets 30,40 or 50 years ago you can't hold the Russian Federation responsible.... It's a different government now and a totally different country....the Russia phobia you idiots spew is astounding...
It is not always the size of the dog that wins a fight. It is the amount of fight in the dog that matters. The Ukrainian army has tremendous spirit - a lot of fight. They have hit the Russians hard. I believe Ukraine will win.
Continuing the dog analogy a dog defending it's home will fight to the death while one just passing through will turn and run as soon as it starts losing. I'm betting on the people who actually have a dog in this fight.
It's also pretty clear that the Russian "dog" wasn't the mean, muscular pitbull we all thought it was. The idea that Russia is a military superpower is out of date nonsense from the 1950s when it was the much more powerful Soviet Union.
Considering how much men and equipment Russia has lost it, and its inability to replacements either, is hard to see how Russia could win a war of attrition.
Russia started off with 10x the resources. Its Ukraine that cannot replace things unfortunately. Like Grant “the target should be the army itself” if Russia are to win with attrition.
@@nick000002 This is where the west comes in lol.. Ukraine can count on the west for weapon supplies even years from today, while Russians have no one to count on except themselves Russia is practically a 3rd world country with nukes, they don't have the kind of industry needed for modern war. How many new tanks did Russia build to replace the 2000 or so tanks they lost? literally zero. The T14 Armata is still missing
@@nick000002 Russia started with 10x the ressources OF UKRAINE. But since the west is supporting Ukraine, Ukraine can replace its losses a lot easier than Russia.
Ukraine has infinite support pledged by Western countries. 40 trillion dollars of military spending per year vs 60 billion per year. russia can not keep this up, they have a timeline, Ukraine does not, fighting for the right to simply exist.
Russia is fighting with the GDP of their anemic economy Ukraine is fighting with the support of the GDP of Europe and the USA also some from the east like Japan. SO why are you not also including that in your figures?
They need 80 HIMARS launchers and long range missiles but I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for them to arrive in Ukraine...8 HIMARS isn't nearly enough moreover they have limited missiles...the U.S. weapon & money flow probably going to be stopped if Republicans take the Congress...Brandon has about 5 months to win this before the new Congress neuters him...
Ukraine needs to win back enough land to light Crimea afire. Several dry attacks on Putin’s bridge will bring him to the negotiating table or if not, take it back.
Zelinsky win back territory? 😂😂😃 I don't believe regaining territory matters to him one iota. His focus is on triggering a military junta in Russia...Ukraine territory and nation are cannon fodder, mere pawns... Black Sea oligarchs rake in money hand over fist weapons dealing , global merchants get regime change in Russia....Ukraine gets wanton destruction & death.....raw deal!
Bombarding Crimea with precise weaponry after successfully taking Kherson will panic most of the unmotivated defenders that will be forced to try and defend Crimea. If the Kerch-Crimea bridge is precisely taken down like the Antanovsky bridge, it will exponentially increase the tension with Crimean based Russians and increasing the possibility of a route.
You cannot nogotiate with the likes of Putin. He has not respected previously negotiated agreements. He cannot be trusted to ever respect a future one.
@@phoenixgibaria2795 NATO is a necessity. We don't celebrate that it is needed. We will celebrate when Russia learns to respect it's neighbours as equals. At that point NATO is not required.
Russia won and we celebrate!!😁💪🤳 Your wet dreams won't make impact..half the Ukra army is destroyed...and war is only prolonged for sake of USA military industry profits..Ukra soldiers are kept in lost positions and die for nothing.
@@stubo4960 Intelligent Indians know Russia is in the wrong. However, some countries including India may be looking to profit materially somehow out of the situation (hoping for cheaper fossil fuels, etc.). If the Russians' reckless behaviour causes a nuclear disaster it won't be good for anyone on the planet.
@@thinkingcapfirmlyon9240 can't blame India's leaders for taking advantage... keeping their economy going and keeping their people fed is priority. Smart 🙂
Black Sea Fleet: fled to the east. Russian fighter jets that sat on the ground in Crimea: fled to the east. Don't they have missions to complete? And protection to do it? There seems to be no Russian coordination to really use their equipment except when it's hundreds of classic cannons
@@feedyourmind6713 All it seems Russian aviation can do these days is lob cruise missiles from well inside it’s own territory. They no longer seem to dare enter Ukrainian airspace anymore.
If Ukraine really has cut off most of Russia's supply lines to Kherson then they do stand a good chance of taking it back, as long as Russia isn't given the opportunity to reestablish them. So timing may be a bit delicate. Too quick and you unnecessarily lose good men, too slow and you let the more Orcs in.
Russia is forced to shuttle ammo over the Dniper river. And forced to build a puntune bridge on a unsecured location. Needless to say, Ukraine have effectively cut off most supplies in Kherson
So true if my army uses 200 LBS. of supplies a day and my logistics can only provide 75 LBS. a day my future is looking grim. General Winter is not far away.
The huge difference in this war is that Putin's soldiers are fighting for a pay packet, whereas the Ukrainian soldiers are fighting for their country.......
Half the Russian troops in Ukraine are Donbass and Luhansk citizens..they liberating their homeland. 150k Russian troops managed to destroy half the Ukrainian army..they fight awesome!!
@ 2:50 - “The Russians are dug in…”. This is the second time in a week where I’ve heard a journalist use that term as if it were a positive thing. That is old fashioned thinking concerning combat operations and that mindset needs to be updated and brought into the modern world of combat. Here’s what “dug in” means in today’s modern GPS world of smart weapons: you’re a sitting duck 🦆 target❗️. GPS coordinates provided to the weapons systems, cluster submunitions or unitary warheads ready for launch❗️….”Dug-in target, destroyed”. 👍💪
Everything ia a matter of perspective. In ancient Japan the authorities said the ninjas were without honor and cowards. The ninja said the were just being smart. Time, place and the closer circumstances, right?
Dug-in inside a city is a very different situation, though, from what I have heard of the military commentators. Which makes sense - trying to take a city block by block is not easy. Which is why Russia hasn't really bothered and has just shelled cities.
@@maejohl Not in Kherson because the orcs dont have suficient supporters there. The only way orcs came into Kherson was from Crimea , the rats in Ukraine army gaveaway the mine map which i they didnt it would have been a different story.
Tactically speaking, it is a very good thing when an attacker is forced to dig in, they are incapable of maneuver warfare, incapable of attacking somewhere unexpected. “Dug in” “on the back foot” “on the defensive” that is exactly what is needed.
Ukraine is in a very strong position to take back Kherson, and they will succeed if they can keep up the pressure. I doubt Ukraine would have gone in if they were incapable to pull it off and any Russian attempt to reinforce Kherson means prime targets on weakened bridges of flimsy ferries. When they take Kherson, the bridges they destroyed will also mean Ukraine will have a hard time to cross the river, but on the other hand, without Kherson, that area could be a decent staging ground for long range artillery, that fires right dab into the heart of Crimea. And if Ukraine somehow manages to push all the way to the bridges before the Russian forces evacuated, the UA might be able to take a couple thousand soldiers as hostages. I really hope this'll be the counteroffensive that'll break Russia's neck and liberate the south. If Kherson is liberated, it might even break all will to fight on the Russian side.
Ukraine hasn't recaptured any significant territory and isn't going to this time around, they haven't got professional soldiers anymore, just forced conscripts...
I think encirclement is the point. Threatening encirclement will compel withdrawal, so they take Kherson with less collateral damage. If Russian forces stay and fight, on the other hand, a sufficiently-reinforced Ukraine may complete the encirclement and use the prisoners use mention as a shatteringly-powerful information operation. Russian support for the war/belief their victory is inevitable will absolutely be affected by Ukraine taking 10k POWs.
After taking Kherson they can use the river as a natural barrier and move most of the troops to other theaters of war. For example they could begin an offensive from Zaporizhzhia to Melitopol along with cutting the Kerch bridge in order to isolate Crimea. Having reserve units gives you the freedom to choose where and when you attack.
You're a very insane and delusional person. What strong position is ukraine I Are you aware of the casualties and lost weapons lost so far to this counteroffensive. They have already made several attempts. Each time, they were repelled. Keep imagining things.
@@StompingRabbits Ukraine has successfully prevented the capture of Kyiw, Sumy, Kharkiw and Odesa as well as the entire rest of their nation. You're saying Ukraine will not liberate any cities "this time around", so I put forward a question to you and I'd love to hear an answer: What *if* Ukraine liberates Kherson?
I've been following information from various yt channels that discuss the ongoing war. What they said made sense and was always correct still. Ukraine has been fighting not to win, be to make it difficult for the Russians while minimizing their losses. Of course both parties had big losses as in war there are no winners only widows. But Ukraine has been counting on Western support and been building up their resistance. The last month Russia barely made any progress any more. Now they are slowly turning around and counterattacking. I would say that YES, Ukraine can still win their territory back and the Russian victory is far from assured! Taking back Kherson will be pretty much the most important goal to achieve now. If this fails, chances are Ukraine will give in to at least some of Russia's demands in my view. If they succeed however, they will very likely go on to take back even much more ground and possibly also Crimea.
I agree, at some point Reality will need to kick in for both sides. Russia clearly failed in its first objectives and Ukraine might not have sufficient forces to dislodge Russia. Possibly by the spring the whole thing could be a muddy slogging match... Time will tell.
Wishful thinking. Only the arms industry wins by prolonging an irrational war. In the meantime, thousands of lives are lost. It's time to promote negotiation.
The strategy was to wear the Russians down and wait for the desertions to start taking place in large numbers, as has been happening more and more recently. Once the signs of wear and tear became obvious, the Ukrainians would attack. Lo and behold, what was anticipated would happen by the concerted efforts of the best INTEL in the world came to pass. Ukraine is now on the move and as the weather gets colder and the weather turns, Russia is going to have MAJOR supply line issues. Hungry soldiers don't fight well; neither do hungry soldiers with frostbitten hands and feet. Russia can't replace its equipment that's already been lost, and there are limited countries who would be and are able to sell Russia equipment - they're not going to give it to Russia like NATO and western allies are supplying Ukraine, whoever those suppliers to Russia could be would demand cold hard cash - and not rubles, either. Russia can't get enough conscripts and most certainly aren't training them properly as reports I've read here for months indicate that many of them get killed within a few days of being sent to the front. I'm not ignoring the constant reports of Russian soldiers wounding themselves in order to get sent away from the war zone, or the fact that so many officers in the Russian military have been killed some, reportedly, by their own men.
Kherson is an obvious place to start the reconquest of Ukraine, being separated from the rest of Russian-controlled territory by 200 km of the Dnieper river, with just four bridges crossing it. Therefore, if Ukraine succeeds in taking it back, critics will say that Ukraine chose the easiest battle, and isn't strong enough to take on the more difficult battles that will have to follow. But that ignores an important point. Ukraine is in a position to choose where the next battle will occur, because Russia is too weak to make that choice itself. From this point onward, Ukraine will only get stronger as more advanced NATO weapons systems are delivered along with Ukrainians who have been trained in their use and ammunition for the weapons that have already been delivered. RUussia can and will make its forces more numerous, but will find it very difficult to make them stronger, using poorly trained and equipped cannon fodder to fill out the ranks. Therefore, if Ukraine does manage to retake Kherson, it will make the long-term prospects for this war pretty clear. I expect a large negative effect on Russian morale, which will make the rest of the reconquest a lot easier than it looks to be right now. I'm not predicting an immediate rout, but it's a nice dream, isn't it?
Further, most male citizens in Ukraine will fight for the homeland while Russia is drafting their male citizens and forcing them to fight. Are they willing to die for Putin? Uh no…
@@dosa2990 Zelenskyy critics are constantly harping about his background on comedy, as if it somehow made him ill-suited to be President. Well, even if Zelenskyy's Ukraine ends up losing this war, it has already made the Russian military the laughingstock of the world. That is sure to be one of the most epic jokes of this century, even though it's still young yet.
Lada is number 1 car in all world like Russian Military Hardware! Lada no longer comes with silly frivolous western technology like Air Con, Air bags, modern braking systems and seat belts. Comes in two dazzling colors, Grey and Mid Grey. Why own a Tesla, when you can own a Lada! Number 1 car in all world!
Stripped of the soft western additions the mighty Lada is significantly lighter too. So much so that it no long requires fuel, in fact it is so efficient that there have been reports of the fuel tank having more in it at the end of the journey than the beginning. This can only happen in Russia. Huzzah!!
Zelensky announced the offensive a month in advance to purposefully pull as many russian troops as possible to the north side of the river. then blow the bridge and cut them off, then destroy their supplies. ukraine was always going to have to fight these 20k russians, but now they are doing it in the best possible way. they are cut off, low on supplies and demoralized because their commanders have deserted them and they know the bridges are gone. if ukraine eliminates the 20k, they stroll to crimea
@@christopherbutterfield8096 The Ukrainians don't need to invade Crimea, they can cut the water again, attack the Kerch bridge to give the Russian soldiers reason to think about going home while they still can, and blow up military installments and if possible warships from the distance.
Not sure about the “stroll” part but when the Russians realise the game is up and they might be killed then they will surrender en masse . No one wants to die for the senile fantasies of a corrupt tyrant .
Crimea will be taken last. They need to go north of Dnipro now. But in a battle to take back your own land it doesn't matter which order you take it back in.
The Ukranians never said they are going to quickly take back kherson. They said they are going to trap the Russians in kherson without supply lines, which they've done, and then take their time battering and weakening the Russians and forcing them to move resources from other fronts to compensate for the lack of supply lines from crimea
Ага. Потеряв за два дня 1700 людей и на третий день еще 700. Это не считая ударов крылатыми ракетами по местам сосредоточения военных за линией фронта. Все госпитали Николаева, Одессы, Кривого Рога забиты. Людей просят сдавать кровь. Потрясающая тактика от вооруженных сил Украины.
Ukraine needs to leave escapes routes for Russian troops so, it doesn't have to take, guard and feed prisoners. Guarding prisoners takes away from the war effort.
The Z that the Russians painted on their vehicles and have used as a symbol for their invasion of Ukraine seems to symbolise the Z of someone who has fallen asleep.
This is corny, no doubt, but I see it as "The Mark of Zorro" and believe the Russians cursed themselves by putting that Z on their tanks, etc. What idiots!
You guys need to interview more Majors and Lieutenant-Colonels. They will tell you how it is, not how their governments want it to be. The Generals you have on always have an eye for the politics of every situation and like to talk around things. The Majors and LTCs won't do that because they are more concerned with being accurate and competant then being patted on the back by politicians at dinner parties. I know, I'm a retired O4. What this Major (O4) said mirrors my opinion as well. He was spot-on. Good job having him on. Give us more. Keep the generals for the dinner parties. In my experience thats what they are best at.
Lt Col Vindman on CNN the other day expressed his doubts about the Ukraine offensive since he was in Ukraine recently and found that they had lost between 30 and 40% of their company level commanders - lieutenants and captains. The rest of the interview was about how great it would be if Ukraine did recapture Kherson. Vindman was born in the Ukraine by the way.
This is a worse beating than what they got in Afghanistan. Russians are getting destroyed by Ukrainians. Expect a resounding defeat and a total retreat back to Russia for the lucky Russian soldiers still alive.
TO ALL VIEWERS: Ukraine is a cause worth supporting. Let's all contact our government representatives to urge them to increase military aid to Ukraine. You can call your representatives, send them an email, send them a good old-fashioned letter, respond to one of their Tweets ... something. Take the time to help Ukraine now ... you'll be proud of yourself when you do.
Ukraine routinely releases footage, video proof and photographic evidence of their claims, raw and uncut, from drones and ground units, perhaps with some tacky song pasted over. Guess no one is perfect. Meanwhile, Russia only ever releases highly edited, cut and spliced propaganda videos from the Kremlin's propaganda production team. So, based on evidence and precedent, I'm gonna go on ahead and take what Ukraine says at face value, with a slight pinch of salt, and wholesale dismiss any Russian claims. With the Russians there just isnt any track-record of credible reporting, only propaganda and lies over and over again. Our dear listener what wrote in needs to stop polishing his brain, its plenty-a-smooth already.
Exactly it becomes ridiculous at point. Remember these statements from russia? 'No plans to invade.' 'Nato was going to park missiles in ukraine.' 'Ukraine is run by junkies and nazis.' '2 ukrainian apcs were destroyed after they crossed the russian border.' 'American biolabs with migrating birds carrying genetically engineered viruses that target ethnic russians.' 'That church was full of nazis.' 'That hospital was full of nazis.' 'That apt building was full of nazis.' 'There was just an accidental fire on a moskva' 'There was just a smoker in saki.' Lavrov during interview: 'We did not invade ukraine.'
May God Almighty give victory to Ukraine. I call upon the cloud of darkness to blindfold the Russian defense lines and May thunder and brimstone rain down on their trenches.
@@sumiland6445 Not at all. The carnage could have been avoided fro the get go if Merkel and Macron did their job keeping Zelensky to adhere to Minsk 2, and they didnt. Now they complain they are going to get cold this winter.....
Interviewee is right, Russia is a nation of liars and you should not listen to a word they say, especially about this war. In fact, assuming the exact opposite of whatever they claim to be true is a reasonable tactic that will serve you well throughout life.
Russians lied to the World and their own people before they even invaded Ukraine. Therefore nothing reported by the Russian Government can be trusted by anyone.
Ridiculous. Zelensky has explicitly stated that his statements are meant to deceive Russia,. They do not deceive Russia. His propaganda deceives people like you, because you do not even listen to him.😑
Yeah, the Russians have destroyed 2x more HIMARS than the US sent to Ukraine and has destroyed the Ukrainian Air Force 3x over, yet both still seem to exist. Totally credible those Russians. 😒
Biden may not even remember he's president, let alone leader of free world. He sometimes calls himself a senator. You should be thanking his handlers, one of which is Hillary Clinton who has a score to settle with Putin.
The end result will be world wide nuclear war because the NATO maniacs cannot admit failure...they need to negotiate a cease-fire but they won't so the war will expand vertically & horizontally. That's the only way they can win.
Ukraine has already given the Russian military (all branches) a bloody nose. They’ll have a hard time recovering from this humiliation. Amazing that they used to be thought of as a superpower: the corruption that’s been endemic since 1991 has completely hollowed out the Russian "Federation".
One country is fighting for their land, their independence, their right to exist, their loved ones, to live in peace. While the other country is fight for?....they haven't got a clue + they are hungry. Motivation goes a long way.
This is a sensitive time. If Ukraine has essentially laid siege to Kherson oblast, then they will have plans to take this land with the least amount of bloodshed as they can. And that means cut them off from food and fighting supplies, wait, then ask them to surrender. And Russia will call that desertion, punishable by death, maybe right in the battle area.
Many possible reasons. They could try to cut off the northern part of the Russian forces on that side of the river. Those would have absolutely no supply lines left. Or they could go for control of the dam itself, which in turn controls the water flow to Crimea.
I once read a book about Napoleon in which the author supposed that he (originally an artillery officer) would maneuver his combined arms corps into territory and positions that required the enemy to launch costly attacks. Infantry and Cavalry were the means to take and secure the territory. The massed French artillery was the means to degrade and destroy formations from a defensive advantage. Napoleon would then unleash his infantry and cavalry to rout his opponents. It seems possible to me that forcing a fight in Kherson is the Ukrainians dictating a fight far from Russia's borders, across long and vulnerable supply lines, while stuffing Russians into a pocket vulnerable to massed artillery. Meanwhile every Russian West of the Dnipro river has to wonder if they'll get trapped. Having to reinforce Kherson...the Russians have to take troops out of the fight elsewhere to move them thus relieving pressure on the Eastern Fronts. Maybe I'm giving Ukraine to much credit...but they keep surprising us with their creativity and resilience.
Good analysis. Tactically, it’s brilliant if it works. The Ukrainians actively advertised an attempt to retake Kherson was in the works and the Russians massed concentrations of under supplied troops with low morale on the other side of a wide river with few crossing points. I think Ukraine can wear them down and possibly trigger a surrender en masse, but alternatively, Russia could set this up much like they did when they won the Battle of Stalingrad - draw the Ukrainians towards the river where they can be surrounded. The caveat being they need to bring the appropriate forces to bear to relieve the troops that - if done right - become trapped. Another difference is they’re fighting on hostile territory.
That is informative. I have no idea about the tactics of war. I thought Russia would steam roll Ukraine. Yet, they (the Russians) have been to me, humiliated. If Ukraine wins any territory back it can only be seen as a huge victory. Love to Ukraine, love also to the ordinary Russian who does not want this.
The question is what will Ukraine do with all those Russian troops that are stranded west of the Dnieper. If they take them prisoner, 20,000-30,000 creates a huge POW problem. If Ukraine lets them escape, they will pose a problem when the counter-offensive continues toward Crimea.
They already have defeated Russia. Russia just doesn't understand when to quit. In the worlds eyes, Ukraine has won in every way imaginable. Of course regaining lost territory is vastly important as well. In that aspect they are winning slowly.
Russia knew deep down that it would lose Kherson. Their local command essentially abandoned them on the west bank and as if that wasn't enough, the Russian Air Force presence in Crimea, left Crimea leading up to this and went back to Russia. They can still be deployed to that area but they're at much greater distance and much slower as a result. Orcs in Kherson don't have proper air support, command that usually has to lead close to the front has tucked tail and ran off and the supplies are cut off. Ukraine meanwhile can take it's time, there's no real need to rush and get sloppy just for headline's sake.
It would be a poorly planned attack that didn’t make progress. As at Kursk in WW2, the key will be whether the attack can be sustained and whether territory can be held. Meantime, if the Russians do as well in defence as they did in attack, then they will wish they had been more careful about what they hoped for. :)
@@alans9806 It might be a complete misnomer. It might even be a new celebration day for the New Republics after Russia break up into 15 or 20 new nations. Just typing out loud. 😅
Putin's Diary: Dear Dairy, so it's day 191 of my 3 day special military operation. Today, one of my generals accused me of being a conspiracy theorist crackpot with deluded ideas of Russian Imperialism which has resulted in a poorly though-out European conflict!! That general mysteriously died 1 hour later after accidently falling from a 20 story building... Ahh high 5 to self!
i amd pretty sure than they didnt start it with out the men, tanks and other amor with out having what that is needed, i think they have more than we think, it is good strategy to keep saying that they dont have enough, the element of surpice is a strong weapon ¨'
Do you mean among the commenters here, or in the Ukrainian military and other military and advisors who are giving info and strategizing with Ukrainian military and government? I assume it is SOP to teach the history of many great battles that involved rivers in military schools and officer training programs.
@@jannibal9273 In general. Rivers as a defense line. Start with Rome and the Rhine. WW2 the Red Army was good at crossing rivers, Germans and Americans less so, British hardly at all. What lessons will 🇺🇦 teach us about how to cross rivers or how to hold them?
Something important to know, for all who are interested in history and/or support Ukraine: Rus’ ought not to be confused with “Russia”, which derives its name from the Rus’ but historically is a completely different state, which almost all its existence was at war with the Rus’. Just like the Holy Roman Empire was actually Germany, Russia is actually Muscovy, despite their best attempts to convince everybody otherwise. Its name “Russia" received only in 1721, when Peter I passed a decree to change Tsardom of Muscovy’s name into the “Russian” Empire (“Russia” originates from Rosia, name used by the Greek Orthodox Clergy in regards to Kyivan Rus') Under the reign of Cathrine II Muscovites where even punished for continuing to identify as Muscovites, and were forced to call themselves “Russian”. Lands that “Russia” claims were part of the original Rus’, but actually weren't, are Novgorod, Suzdal, and Ryazan, since in historical texts of XI-XII centuries they are mentioned as separate entities from Rus’. They can be considered parts of extended Rus’, although their culture was distinct from main Rus’. In 1493 Moscow prince Ivan III appointed himself to be the Great Ruler of All Rus’. No other kings acknowledged that. From that point on Muscovy started to make false claims on Rus’ ownership. “Russia” is an offshoot of Ukraine and not the other way round, despite what Soviet and “Russian” historians have been trying to say for years. Kiev was a developed cultured capital when Moscow was just another swamp village. Germany used to call itself the Holy Roman Empire, that didn’t mean they became the Romans, and all of a sudden had a right to claim whole of Italy and its history, but yet, that’s exactly what “Russia” did in regards to Rus’-Ukraine, which is a horrible injustice!
I will take that with a grain of salt. Even if there happens to be a push that dislodge the Russian from Kherson, they would just wait for them on the other side of the river. With no bridges ,the AFU got rid off.
Exactly what I been thinking for a while. So, the bridges are blown and the Russians eventually turfed out if Kherson - then what? Will the Russians stand by on the East bank while Ukraine rebuilds them? Perhaps that's why the Ukraine forces are also attacking to the east of Kherson. Even if that were the case, the bridges across the dam would need to be rebuilt - under the eyes of the Russians. Not sure how the Ukrainian forces plan to solve that riddle.
The artillery Ukraine has now far outranges the ruSSian one. Ukraine can just grind the russonazis down from across the river and relative safety until it is ok to cross either by ferries, barges or repairing bridges. Either way Ukraine would have retaken Kherson. Also means that only a few Ukrainians can tie down a lot of orcs and shift the attack to elsewhere.
@@consideredthoughts1791 Taking back Kherson is about more than just taking back Kherson. It's an impressive outcome considered out of reach a few months ago. Ukrainian morale will skyrocket, supporting nations will be motivated to continue their support, and Russian morale will take a huge hit. Zelensky will take this victory, if achieved, and he will massage it masterfully, as he has done throughout the invasion. It'll also be a blow against Putin and his image.
You have no knowledge of the area of Kherson and Crimea. Give me Kherson! I will force the Russians to retreat East after I destroy their escape through Crimea. All I need is 5 or 6 HIMARS with long range rockets plus 25 pieces of artillery.
