The Ukrainian army repulsed Russian attacks on five divisions of the front in the east of the country, according to the Ukrainian General Staff this morning an overview of the situation on the battlefield. He did not mention the Ukrainian attack on the Kherson region in the south of the country. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday night that he would not reveal anything concrete to any official about Kiev’s military plans, but stressed that it was time for Russian soldiers to flee.
Destruction of Russian equipment in Andriivka | Photo: Sergey Chuzavkov / SOPA Images / Sipa USA | Source: Reuters
“We will lead them to the border,” Ukraine’s Interfax news agency quoted Ukrainian President Zelensky as saying.
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Britain’s Ministry of Defense said the extent of Ukraine’s advance in the south of the country could not yet be confirmed. According to the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW), Russia is trying to maintain the appearance of campaign success in Ukraine.
Ukrainian forces repelled Russian forces in Kharkov, Slovyansk, Bakhmut, Avdzhivka, and in southern Bug, forcing them to withdraw. The enemy continues to try to take full control of the Donetsk region in the east of the country and to seize the occupied parts of the Kherson, Zaporozhye and Mykolaiv regions in southern Ukraine, according to the General Staff.
Britain’s Ministry of Defense said long-range precision strikes on Ukraine continue to disrupt Russian supplies. However, since the beginning of August, Russia has made great efforts to strengthen its forces in Kherson on the western bank of the Dnieper River. However, most units here are probably understaffed and rely on the poor supply of ferries and pontoon bridges across the Dnieper.
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“If Ukraine succeeds in conducting sustained offensive operations, the cohesion of the untested structure (of Russian forces near Kherson) is likely to be a key factor in the sustainability of Russian defenses in the south,” London said.
ISW refers to a statement issued by the Russian Ministry of Defense on Monday evening, which stated that the Ukrainian counterattack in the south was of limited scope and that the attempt to break through in three unspecified directions in the Kherson region was unsuccessful.
According to most Russian bloggers, reports of the Ukrainian counterattack were exaggerated and false; According to them, the Ukrainian forces cannot penetrate the Russian defense lines. According to ISW, these insulting allegations indicate that the Kremlin wants to maintain the facade of military success in Ukraine.
