.@WSJ uses ISW CoT data to map & report on 🇺🇦's cross-river #Dnipro ops., which have the potential to “advance into territory where #Russian defenses are less extensive than those further east that blunted the main thrust of #Ukraine’s counteroffensive.” https://t.co/GrR3zjU75T pic.twitter.com/1JeTr5ekLP
— Institute for the Study of War (@TheStudyofWar) November 15, 2023
Southern #Ukraine 🧵
— Institute for the Study of War (@TheStudyofWar) November 15, 2023
Ukrainian forces continued ground operations on the east (left) bank of #Kherson Obl on Nov. 14 & made a confirmed advance. Geolocated footage posted on Nov. 13 shows that Ukrainian forces advanced in Krynky (30km NE of Kherson City). https://t.co/1egXjjMC25 https://t.co/79ADwIcsHO pic.twitter.com/k2lIIdPL0K
Wall Street Journal: Ukraine Seeks to Reignite Counteroffensive With Daring River Crossings
Ukrainian toeholds across Dnipro River in the south are rare bright spot
KHERSON, Ukraine—Ukrainian marines slip across the Dnipro River at night in small groups to reinforce a growing contingent of troops engaged in a daring operation to reinvigorate Kyiv’s military efforts in the occupied south.
They have established three toeholds in and around villages on the eastern bank of the river in recent weeks, cutting off a road Russia uses to supply troops in the area, according to soldiers involved in the operation. The Ukrainians are hunkered down in basements and trenches and heavily outnumbered. Their hold is precarious.
Still, it is a rare bright spot for Kyiv amid a number of somber developments, including the failure of its counteroffensive to gain much ground, a new Russian offensive in the east and uncertainty over additional military aid from the U.S., Ukraine’s most important backer. Ukraine first publicly acknowledged the cross-river operation this week.
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WNU Editor: Russian military bloggers have been covering this story for the past month. Bottom line. These river crossings will not change the tide of the war. The real battles and bloodshed is happening in the east.
Update: We shall see .... Russia says ‘hell’ awaits Ukrainians after confirming they’ve crossed the Dnieper river into occupied territory (CNBC).