We puzzled earlier the place Ukraine received the troops for its counteroffensive towards Kherson. Now we know:
Ukrainian forces launched a counter-offensive in the direction of Kherson. The operation was supported by components of twenty eighth Mechanized Brigade that arrived to Mykolaiv from Odesa. Ukrainian troops pushed alongside highway M-14 and liberated Posad-Pokrovske (in Kherson Oblast).
Ukraine should be feeling fairly assured of Odesa’s security, and this basically ensures it. 1,500 Russian marines, if certainly they’re floating off the coast of Odesa (they may very well be decoys to pin down defenders) wouldn’t get far within the metropolis of 1 million. The one different Russian forces placing the town at risk the place camped off the incorrect financial institution of the Southern Bug close to Mykolaiv, they usually’ve now been pushed midway again right down to Kherson. What’s extra, right here we see Ukrainian artillery shelling targets in a single day.
This doesn’t seem like a Ukrainian military comfortable to easily preserve Mykolaiv out of Russian artillery vary. They’re softening up targets down the highway, attempting to interrupt Russian morale, and with a coordinated rebellion inside Kherson, there’s a state of affairs by which Ukraine marches again into the town with little bloodshed.
A number of chatter (all rumors) that Ukraine is seeking to bust the siege of Mariupol. Retaking Kherson would give Ukraine an opportunity to chop off Crimea (and provides) from Russian troops working north and east of it. This may drive Russia to maneuver troops from Mariupol again towards Kherson, making any transfer on Mariupol simpler for Ukraine. Fingers crossed that I get up to some excellent news on this entrance.
