În urma faptul că pentru administrația ucraineană informațiile privitoare la operațiile militare în Kherson sunt secrete de stat, articolul se bazează exclusiv pe surse ruse și separatiste, fie oficiale fie din partea milblogerilor ruși.
Pe de altă parte, așa cum se vede și din acest articol, frontul din Kherson devine un sector secundar, în favoarea ofensivei din regiunea Harkov. De aceea, în funcție de ceea ce se va întâmpla mâine, această temă se va (mai) bucura de atenție specială. Sau nu.
Am decis însă și introducerea analizei făcute de către institutul american ISW, care folosește mult mai multe surse, ucrainene și ruse (și, pe deasupra, agregarea acestora este făcută de către analiști militari). Sursele ruse sunt evident părtinitoare, ISW este de asemeni părtinitor (de partea ucraineană) dar mai puțin evident.
ISW
Key Takeaways
- Ukrainian forces have captured an estimated 2,500 square kilometers in Kharkiv Oblast in the Kharkiv counteroffensive as of September 9.
- The Kremlin is rushing resources to Kharkiv Oblast in response to effective Ukrainian operations.
- Ukrainian forces reached the outskirts of Kupyansk and are advancing on Izyum from the northwest, north, northeast, and southeast as of September 9 and will likely sever Russian ground lines of communication (GLOCS) to Izyum within the coming days.
- Ukrainian forces may have advanced north of Hrushivka towards a Russian logistics hub in Velykyi Burluk, northeastern Kharkiv Oblast.
- Ukrainian forces are continuing counteroffensive operations in southern Ukraine, including interdicting Russian GLOCS, degrading Russian morale.
- Russian forces conducted ground assaults north of Kharkiv City and across the Eastern Axis.
- The United Nations released a report detailing poor Russian treatment of Ukrainian POWs and detained civilians.
Ukrainian Counteroffensives (Ukrainian efforts to liberate Russian-occupied territories)
Southern Ukraine: (Kherson Oblast)
Ukrainian military officials kept their operational silence regarding the progress of the Ukrainian counteroffensive in Kherson Oblast on September 9 but reiterated that Ukrainian forces are continuing to interdict Russian logistics in southern Ukraine.[25] Ukraine’s Southern Operational Command stated that Ukrainian missile units struck two Russian pontoon crossings in Darivka and Nova Kakhovka over the Inhulets and Dnipro rivers.[26] ISW previously reported that social media users witnessed explosions near the Darivka bridge on September 8, which is consistent with the Ukrainian official statement.[27] Ukrainian aviation and missile units reportedly struck a ferry crossing in Nova Kakhovka, two ammunition depots in Beryslav Raion, and several command-and-control posts throughout Kherson Oblast.[28] Odesa Oblast Military Administration Spokesperson Serhiy Bratchuk stated that Ukrainian forces struck barges in Hola Prystan (about 12km southwest of Kherson City) that Russian forces likely intended to use as a pontoon crossing over the Dnipro River.[29] Local reports corroborated Baratchuk’s statement, but the Russian MoD claimed that Russian forces shot down Ukrainian HIMARS and Olkha rockets in the vicinity of Hola Prystan.[30] Local Telegram channels reported the activation of Russian air defense systems in Nova Kakhovka, and many residents reportedly heard explosions in unspecified parts of the city.[31]
Ukrainian military officials stated that Ukrainian counteroffensives in southern Ukraine are continuing to degrade morale among Russian servicemen. The Ukrainian General Staff also reported that Russian forces are intensifying air patrols over Babenkivka Druha (22km northwest of the Kherson Oblast-Crimea western border) due to the increasing number of Russian deserters.[32] Social media footage previously reported that six Russian jets flew over Chaplynka (about 22km due northeast of Babenkivka Druha) on September 1, which may indicate that Russian forces are conducting air patrols along the Kherson Oblast-Crimea border.[33] The Ukrainian General Staff added that some unarmed Russian servicemen moved through the southwestern part of Kherson Oblast to Crimea and noted that Russian forces are prohibiting civilians from leaving Velyka Oleksandrivka on the Inhulets River to use them as ”human shields” against Ukrainian counteroffensives.[34]
Ukrainian and Russian sources identified three areas of kinetic activity in Kherson Oblast on September 9: near the Ukrainian bridgehead over the Inhulets River, south of the Kherson-Dnipropetrovsk Oblast administrative border, and northwest of Kherson City. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Ukrainian forces repelled a Russian assault on Bezimenne (approximately 12km southeast of the Ukrainian bridgehead over the Inhulets River), and the Russian MoD claimed that Russian artillery continued to strike Ukrainian military equipment and personnel in Bezimenne.[35] Local Telegram channels published footage of Ukrainian forces raising a flag in Blahodativka also on the eastern bank of the Inhulets River, confirming previous Russian milblogger claims that Ukrainian forces advanced to the settlement on September 3.[36] Russian forces notably launched air and missile strikes on Barvinok (about 14km north of Kherson City) and shelled Novovoskresenske (about 20 km south of the Kherson-Dnipropetrovsk Oblast border), areas in which ISW assesses Russian forces are operating.[37] The head of the Kherson Oblast occupation regime, Kirill Stremousov, claimed that Ukrainian forces are not conducting offensive operations in Snihurivka (about 60 east of Mykolaiv City), but have shelled the settlement with artillery.
The Russian MoD claimed that Ukrainian forces made several unsuccessful assaults along the Kherson Oblast border.[39] Milbloggers significantly decreased their coverage and discussions of the southern counteroffensive in favor of reporting on the Ukrainian counteroffensive in Kharkiv Oblast.
Raportul Ministerul Apărării al Federației Ruse
◽️ Forțele Armate ale Ucrainei în direcția Nikolaev-Kryvyi Rih au făcut mai multe încercări de atac fără succes, au suferit pierderi și s-au retras. 💥 Forța de muncă și echipamentul militar al brigăzii 46 aeromobile, al brigăzii 35 marină și al brigăzii 61 șăuritori de infanterie au fost înfrânte în zonele așezărilor Bezymennoe, Novogrigorievka, regiunea Nikolaev și Sukhoi Stavok, regiunea Herson. 📊 Într-o singură zi, pe direcția Nikolaev-Krivoy Rog, inamicul a pierdut 3 tancuri, 4 vehicule de luptă de infanterie și alte 7 vehicule blindate, 2 camionete cu mitraliere grele și peste 270 de militari.
Rybar
💥 De la începutul ofensivei Forțelor Armate ale Ucrainei asupra Hersonului, pierderile iremediabile s-au ridicat la peste patru mii de oameni.
💥 La Sukhoi Stavka, la marginea orașului Vysokopole, lângă Posad-Pokrovsky, se află cadavrele a cel puțin patru mii de cetățeni ucraineni.
💥 artileria cu rachete a Forțelor Armate RF a acoperit un loc de aterizare la sud-est de Bereznegovatoy, unde exista un punct de transbordare temporar și o tabără a Forțelor Armate ale Ucrainei. Acolo se acumulau întăriri, care se pregăteau să se transfere la Andreevka de cealaltă parte a Ingulets și mai departe, la Sukhoi Stavok și la autostrada Davydov Brod-Berislav. Pierderile totale ale Forțelor Armate ale Ucrainei ajung la două sute de oameni uciși și răniți.
💥 În direcția Kryvyi Rih au loc bătălii de poziție nu departe de Vysokopolye, precum și la periferia Olgino și Arhangelsk.
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