Russian troops in south Ukraine pushed as Kiev increases attacks

• Russian military command posts under threat in Kherson region of southern Ukraine.
• Ukrainian soldiers are cutting off river and rail supply lines and target ammunition depots.
• Some Russian troops may be fleeing to the other side of the Dnipro River, analysts say.

Russian forces in the occupied Kherson region of southern Ukraine are finding it increasingly difficult to maintain the flow of ammunition, armour, and fuel to front-line units, according to Ukrainian officials and Western analysts, owing to a concerted Ukrainian campaign to cut off river and rail supply lines as well as target ammunition depots.

According to Ukrainian sources, the Russians are relocating command posts from the north bank of the Dnipro River to the south bank because bridges have been severely damaged.

Yuri Sobolevsky, the first deputy leader of the Kherson regional council, reported on his Telegram channel that a large component of the Russian military command had already left Kherson. Ukrainian soldiers are located about 25 kilometres (15.5 miles) north of the city, in the direction of Mykolaiv.

Since the commencement of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, much of the Kherson area has been occupied. As part of Kyiv’s counteroffensive to recapture lost territory in the south, Ukrainian soldiers are striking crucial bridges in and around Kherson to disrupt supply supplies.

According to the Institute for the Study of War, a think tank based in the United States, the Russians may be fleeing to the other side of the river “to avoid being trapped in Kherson city if Ukrainian strikes cut off all ground lines of communication connecting the right bank of the Dnipro River to the Russian rear.”

In the last few days, videos have surfaced on social media depicting renewed long-range artillery attacks on the Antonivskyi bridge and a road bridge over the dam near Nova Kakhovka, rendering them unusable for heavily armoured vehicles. Pontoon bridges are impractical in some sections since the river is up to 1 kilometre (0.6 mile) broad.

Several railway lines from the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula into the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia areas have also been targeted by the Ukrainians. A series of powerful explosions shook the hamlet of Dzankhoy on the main line to Kherson on Tuesday. A recent video showed a large number of military trucks and ammunition at the spot.

In the last ten days, two railway lines from Crimea have been destroyed. Last week, locals in the Henichesk region, a port location near the Sea of Azov, reported several hours of explosions, and the railway farther west at Brylivka was also hit.

“We have destroyed over ten ammo stores and military equipment clusters in the last week. These hits make it impossible for these bridges to transport big equipment “Ukrainian military’s Operational Command South stated.

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