The invaders are trying to hold the right-bank foothold in the Kherson region. Indeed, on the opposite side of the Dnieper, the enemy's positions will be somewhat losing.
This Channel 24 said military expert, analyst Andrei Kharuk. He stressed that the elimination of infidels on the right bank would allow the Armed Forces of Ukraine to transfer additional troops to the left.
What is the current situation on the right bank of Kherson
Haruk noted that in the Kherson region, there is no flight of Russians, but an attempt to retreat. After all, the invaders understand that the logistics of their grouping on the right bank is extremely difficult.
According to him, the invaders really need this foothold for a potential offensive, for example, on Nikolaev and further, perhaps even for a breakthrough in Transnistria. This is, if we talk about plans for the level of February – March.
Now, of course, they cannot build such plans, given the real assessment of the available resources. Accordingly, the maintenance of the right-bank foothold for them, on the one hand, is necessary from the point of view of politics. But from a military point of view, it is now like a suitcase without a handle,” the military expert emphasized.
That is, he noted, the Russians cannot achieve any special gains there. And it is very difficult for them to radically strengthen the grouping for an offensive.
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What danger will the Russians face if they cross to the left bank
Haruk noted that it is theoretically possible to gain a foothold on the left bank. Another thing is that the right bank of the Dnieper is still higher and their positions on the left will be somewhat losing.
There is another danger here. Because the elimination of the right-bank foothold will also allow our Armed Forces to transfer additional troops, say, to the left bank of the territory of the Zaporozhye region, which is still partially occupied, – said the military expert.
And, according to him, the Armed Forces of Ukraine can create a certain threat from the northern direction to Melitopol. And the Russians will have to reckon with the fact that they will need to strengthen the defense not so much along the Dnieper as to move groups to the northern sector of the front.
The exit of our troops to the banks of the Dnieper in Kherson will actually mean the end of a certain stage of hostilities. It will be difficult for our units to force the Dnieper further, but the transfer of the center of hostilities in the direction of Zaporozhye and the occupied Melitopol is quite possible and would look rational, – Haruk emphasized.
At the same time, he added that it is impossible rule out that the efforts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be moved to the current northern flank, that is, the junction of the Kharkiv and Luhansk regions. >
