Ukrainian forces are now in the process of establishing a bridgehead on the south-east bank of the Dnieper river close to the city of Kherson. On Monday afternoon, the Russian military blogger Roman Saponkov confirms that the Ukrainian army has taken control of an area at this bridgehead. He writes that they have gone ashore with forces equivalent to a company, that is between 100 and 200 soldiers. He says that so far Russian attempts to attack them from the air have been ineffective. The map shows where the war in Ukraine is going on right now. Could be the start This could be the start of an offensive to retake areas that Russia captured in the first days of the war in February 2022. Several videos posted on social media during Monday show fighting where the large bridge at Antonivka is located. Or rather lay. When the Russian forces withdrew from the part of Kherson county located on the northwestern part of the river in November 2022, they blew up the bridge. Everything indicates that it was also Russian forces who blew up the other road across the river in this area. It went over the dam at Kakhovka further up the river. A video posted by the independent Russian Telegram channel Ateo purports to show Ukrainian soldiers who have disembarked on the so far Russian-occupied river bank. The water level in the Dnieper River has dropped dramatically as a result of the Kakhovka dam being blown up. This photo is from Zaporizhia city. Photo: Reuters May have moved forces Videos released by the Ukrainian defense show a Russian armored vehicle trying to evacuate soldiers from the area by the bridge. Saponkov and other Russian military bloggers believe that the reason that the Ukrainian army has now succeeded in crossing the Dnieper is that the Russian army leadership has transferred forces to the front in Zaporizhzhya further east. There have been fierce battles there in recent weeks, and the Ukrainian forces have captured several smaller villages. If the Ukrainian army manages to establish a larger bridgehead here, the way could be open for an attack to the south where Kherson county borders the Krym peninsula. Progress also in Donetsk Ukraine has also taken control of the village of Rivnopil further east on the front. This was stated by the Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maljar on Monday. Soldiers from the 2nd Mechanized Battalion of the 31st Brigade of the Ukrainian Army have posted a video they say was filmed in the liberated city on Sunday, June 25. The city on the border between Donetsk and Zaporizhzhya counties is not large. But together with other villages in the area, it can help ensure the Ukrainian army a breakthrough in the direction of the port city of Mariupol on the Sea of Azov. This photo released by the Ukrainian Defense Forces is said to show soldiers preparing for battle near the town of Bakhmut. Photo: Reuters Also on several other parts of the front, including around the town of Bakhmut, the Ukrainian army reports minor progress. But there is no question of a breakthrough, as it now appears, that could come along the Dnieper front in Kherson. The Wagner rebellion There is now movement in several places along the approximately 1,000 kilometer long front between the Russian occupation forces and the Ukrainian government forces. Many are wondering whether the Russian military leadership will be able to maintain discipline among its soldiers after the rebellion of the Wagner group last weekend. The Wagner soldiers and their leader Yevgeny Prigozhin took control of the southern Russian city of Rostov-na-Donu and threatened to go all the way to Moscow. They demanded that Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov resign. It was probably to show that everything is “normal” that the Russian Ministry of Defense on Monday morning released a video showing Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu visiting a military headquarters in Ukraine.
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